Village · Kalameshwar, Nagpur
# Ladai

Ladai is a village in Kalameshwar sub-district of Nagpur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted 326 people in 84 households, the 69th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.2%.
- 326 people (2011)
- 84 households
- 81.4% literacy
- 743 females per 1,000 males

## Ladai PIN code and other codes

Ladai falls in Kalameshwar sub-district, Nagpur district, Maharashtra.
- Community development block Kalameshwar
- Census village code 535178

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Ladai from nearby towns?
- Kalameshwar (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Nagpur (district HQ) 38 km by road
- Kalameshwar (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Ladai?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Ladai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Kalmeshwar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Kalmeshwar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Kalmeshwar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ladai known for?

The main crops are cotton, toor and soybean. About 48% of the 160 hectares of village land is sown, and 65 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Ladai

Of every 100 households in Ladai in 2011, 82 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ladai · ■ Kalameshwar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 82% 88%
- Toilet within the home 20% 43%
- No toilet (open defecation) 80% 53%
- Tap water 88% 82%
- Drinking water within premises 9% 61%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 26%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 72%
- Use banking services 73% 70%
- Television 38% 57%
- Mobile phone 3% 36%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 14% 22%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 21%
- Own their home 92% 87%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ladai?

■ Ladai · ■ Kalameshwar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 81.4% 83.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 743 946
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 895 931
- Working population 69.3% 50.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 74.6% for women. 73% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 95 (42%) · ■ Farm labourers 49 (22%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 81 (36%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kalameshwar
- Wathoda 405 people
- Khapari 364 people
- Dhurkheda 354 people
- Chakdoh 330 people
- Ramgiri 314 people
- Kokarda 298 people
- Sawandri 297 people
- Zilpi 295 people

All 105 villages in Kalameshwar

## Quick answers
- How far is Ladai from Nagpur? 38 km by road
- What is the population of Ladai? 326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ladai in? Nagpur district (Kalameshwar sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ladai? 81.4% (Census 2011)

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