# Pahalgaon Village, Mayabunder – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Mayabunder, North & Middle Andaman 

# Pahalgaon

Pahalgaon is a village in Mayabunder sub-district of North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 2011 Census counted **1,468 people in 406 households**, the 5th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.0%.

- 1,468people (2011)
- 406households
- 90.7%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Pahalgaon PIN code and other codes

Pahalgaon falls in Mayabunder sub-district, North & Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

- Gram panchayatPahalgaon
- Community development blockMayabunder
- Census village code645303

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pahalgaon from nearby towns?

- Mayabunder (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Mayabunder (district HQ)11 km by road
- Port Blair (nearest town)228 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pahalgaon?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Pahalgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Rampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bakultala
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pahalgaon known for?

About 15% of the 857 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pahalgaon

Of every 100 households in Pahalgaon in 2011, 82 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 35 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Pahalgaon · ■ Mayabunder rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**52%

Tap water ****99%**

**85%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****35%**

**22%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**61%

Use banking services ****93%**

**88%

Television ****71%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****8%**

**16%

Own their home ****61%**

**62%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pahalgaon?

■ Pahalgaon · ■ Mayabunder rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.7%**

**86.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1149**

**972

Working population ****46.2%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 87.4% for women. 65% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 31 (5%) · **■** Other work 455 (67%) · **■** Marginal 192 (28%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Mayabunder

- Mayabunder2,845 people
- Pokadera1,922 people
- Harinagar1,902 people
- Tugapur1,872 people
- Karmatang1,229 people
- Santipur1,120 people
- Pinakinagar1,011 people
- Swadesh Nagar956 people

[All 50 villages in Mayabunder](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/north-middle-andaman/mayabunder/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pahalgaon from Mayabunder?11 km by road
- What is the population of Pahalgaon?1,468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahalgaon in?North & Middle Andaman district (Mayabunder sub-district), Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- What is the literacy rate of Pahalgaon?90.7% (Census 2011)
