# Ajantha Village, Sillod, Aurangabad (Maharashtra) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/aurangabad/sillod/ajantha/ Village · Sillod, Aurangabad # Ajantha Ajantha is a village in Sillod sub-district of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **16,266 people in 3,116 households**, the 1st largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%. - 16,266people (2011) - 3,116households - 77.7%literacy - 951females per 1,000 males ## Ajantha PIN code and other codes Ajantha falls in Sillod sub-district, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra. - Community development blockSillod - Census village code548580 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ajantha from nearby towns? - Sillod (sub-district HQ)30 km by road - Aurangabad (district HQ)90 km by road - Sillod (nearest town)30 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 Ajantha? 35 services counted by the Census are inside Ajantha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 14 govt · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 9 govt · 3 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 6 govt · 2 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Degree collegeIn village · 3 govt - ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 4 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Commercial bankIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Community centreIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sillod - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Ajantha known for? The main crops are **cotton**. About 70% of the 1,148 hectares of village land is sown, and 776 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 Ajantha Of every 100 households in Ajantha in 2011, 85 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Ajantha · ■ Sillod rural average Electricity for lighting ****85%** **65% Toilet within the home ****35%** **16% No toilet (open defecation) ****64%** **83% Tap water ****77%** **54% Drinking water within premises ****54%** **42% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%** **7% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%** **91% Use banking services ****32%** **56% Television ****29%** **30% Mobile phone ****45%** **51% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****8%** **15% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****44%** **36% Own their home ****81%** **91% 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 Ajantha? ■ Ajantha · ■ Sillod rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%** **70.9% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951** **922 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907** **856 Working population ****37.0%** **45.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 84.4% for men and 70.7% for women. 51% of men and 22% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 617 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 4,298 (71%) · **■** Household industry 60 (1%) · **■** Other work 654 (11%) · **■** Marginal 390 (6%) 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 Sillod - Shivna13,246 people - Ghatnandra10,112 people - Undangaon8,752 people - Andhari8,332 people [All 131 villages in Sillod](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/aurangabad/sillod/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Ajantha from Aurangabad?90 km by road - What is the population of Ajantha?16,266 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ajantha in?Aurangabad district (Sillod sub-district), Maharashtra - What is the literacy rate of Ajantha?77.7% (Census 2011)