# Sawangi Village, Desaiganj, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Desaiganj, Gadchiroli 

# Sawangi

Sawangi is a village in Desaiganj sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, PIN code **441207**. The 2011 Census counted **2,498 people in 623 households**, the 9th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.9%.

- 2,498people (2011)
- 623households
- 82.9%literacy
- 441207PIN code

## Sawangi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sawangi is 441207.** Sawangi falls in Desaiganj sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code441207
- Community development blockDesaiganj
- Census village code538469

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

## How far is Sawangi from nearby towns?

- Desaiganj (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)58 km by road
- Desaiganj (nearest town)7 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 Sawangi?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Sawangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, 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 Sawangi known for?

About 33% of the 1,248 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Sawangi

Of every 100 households in Sawangi in 2011, 82 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sawangi · ■ Desaiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**58%

Tap water ****6%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****76%**

**75%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**24%

Own their home ****90%**

**94%

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 Sawangi?

■ Sawangi · ■ Desaiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**79.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**983

Working population ****53.8%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 74.9% for women. 63% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 319 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 630 (47%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (7%) · **■** Marginal 293 (22%)

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 Desaiganj

- Kondhala3,873 people
- Chop3,233 people
- Kokadi3,000 people
- Tulshi2,501 people
- Bodadha Gaoganna2,441 people
- Kinhala1,843 people
- Gandhi Nagar1,740 people
- Ekalpur1,431 people

[All 36 villages in Desaiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/desaiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sawangi?441207
- How far is Sawangi from Gadchiroli?58 km by road
- What is the population of Sawangi?2,498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sawangi in?Gadchiroli district (Desaiganj sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Sawangi?82.9% (Census 2011)
