# Kekanwadi Village, Kaij, Bid (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Kaij, Bid 

# Kekanwadi

Kekanwadi is a village in Kaij sub-district of Bid district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,118 people in 258 households**, the 80th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,118people (2011)
- 258households
- 74.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Kekanwadi PIN code and other codes

Kekanwadi falls in Kaij sub-district, Bid district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKaij
- Census village code559775

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

## How far is Kekanwadi from nearby towns?

- Kaij (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Bid (district HQ)65 km by road
- Dharur (nearest town)18 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 Kekanwadi?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kekanwadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Adas
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambejogai
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Adas
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Kekanwadi known for?

The main crops are **cotton, sugarcane and jowar**. About 83% of the 411 hectares of village land is sown, and 342 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 Kekanwadi

Of every 100 households in Kekanwadi in 2011, 83 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kekanwadi · ■ Kaij rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**89%

Tap water ****41%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****91%**

**69%

Television ****43%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**35%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Kekanwadi?

■ Kekanwadi · ■ Kaij rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**903

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**791

Working population ****57.2%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 65.9% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 329 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (28%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 84 (13%)

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 Kaij

- Sadola1,201 people
- Jadhav Jawala1,189 people
- Arangaon1,129 people
- Jola1,120 people
- Sasura1,112 people
- Rajegaon1,107 people
- Sarul1,094 people
- Shelgaon Ganji1,073 people

[All 121 villages in Kaij](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/bid/kaij/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kekanwadi from Bid?65 km by road
- What is the population of Kekanwadi?1,118 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kekanwadi in?Bid district (Kaij sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kekanwadi?74.4% (Census 2011)