# Uchangi Village, Ajra, Kolhapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ajra, Kolhapur 

# Uchangi

Uchangi is a village in Ajra sub-district of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **436 people in 103 households**, the 80th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 436people (2011)
- 103households
- 78.9%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Uchangi PIN code and other codes

Uchangi falls in Ajra sub-district, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockAjra
- Census village code567955

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

## How far is Uchangi from nearby towns?

- Ajra (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kolhapur (district HQ)94 km by road
- Gadhinglaj (nearest town)5 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 Uchangi?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Uchangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ajra
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ajra
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Ajra
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 15 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 Uchangi known for?

About 31% of the 733 hectares of village land is sown, and 215 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 Uchangi

Of every 100 households in Uchangi in 2011, 91 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchangi · ■ Ajra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**4%

Tap water ****82%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**66%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****84%**

**80%

Television ****44%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Uchangi?

■ Uchangi · ■ Ajra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**1121

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****676**

**933

Working population ****64.0%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 67.4% for women. 66% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 164 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (25%) · **■** Other work 27 (10%) · **■** Marginal 18 (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 Ajra

- Poshratwadi482 people
- Chitale475 people
- Morewadi473 people
- Khoratwadi443 people
- Chandewadi404 people
- Jeur402 people
- Handewadi391 people
- Alyachiwadi388 people

[All 99 villages in Ajra](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/kolhapur/ajra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Uchangi from Kolhapur?94 km by road
- What is the population of Uchangi?436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchangi in?Kolhapur district (Ajra sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Uchangi?78.9% (Census 2011)