# Desasan Village, Himatnagar, Sabar Kantha (Gujarat) – PIN Code

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Village · Himatnagar, Sabar Kantha 

# Desasan

Desasan is a village in Himatnagar sub-district of Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat, PIN code **383001**. The 2011 Census counted **990 people in 208 households**, the 81st largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.7%.

- 990people (2011)
- 208households
- 82.1%literacy
- 383001PIN code

## Desasan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Desasan is 383001.** Desasan falls in Himatnagar sub-district, Sabar Kantha district, Gujarat.

- PIN code383001
- Gram panchayatDesasan
- Community development blockHimatnagar
- Census village code510570

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

## How far is Desasan from nearby towns?

- Himatnagar (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Himatnagar (district HQ)12 km by road
- Himatnagar (nearest town)12 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 Desasan?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Desasan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Himatnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Himatnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Himatnagar
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Desasan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, pearlmillet/bajra and ground nut**. About 74% of the 429 hectares of village land is sown, and 250 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Desasan

Of every 100 households in Desasan in 2011, 99 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 43 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Desasan · ■ Himatnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****43%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**61%

Use banking services ****76%**

**71%

Television ****52%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**34%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**6%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**93%

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 Desasan?

■ Desasan · ■ Himatnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**82.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****661**

**865

Working population ****48.0%**

**40.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 71.7% for women. 60% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 142 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (34%) · **■** Other work 127 (27%) · **■** Marginal 46 (10%)

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 Himatnagar

- Dhandha1,012 people
- Ambavada1,007 people
- Boriya Khurad1,001 people
- Demai Moti998 people
- Himatpur983 people
- Rangpur979 people
- Kadodari965 people
- Munpur964 people

[All 134 villages in Himatnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/sabar-kantha/himatnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Desasan?383001
- How far is Desasan from Himatnagar?12 km by road
- What is the population of Desasan?990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Desasan in?Sabar Kantha district (Himatnagar sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Desasan?82.1% (Census 2011)