# Wal Amarai Village, Nawapur, Nandurbar (Maharashtra)

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Village · Nawapur, Nandurbar 

# Wal Amarai

Wal Amarai is a village in Nawapur sub-district of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, PIN code **425418**. The 2011 Census counted **1,634 people in 385 households**, the 46th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 1,634people (2011)
- 385households
- 51.4%literacy
- 425418PIN code

## Wal Amarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Wal Amarai is 425418.** Wal Amarai falls in Nawapur sub-district, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code425418
- Community development blockNawapur
- Census village code525920

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

## How far is Wal Amarai from nearby towns?

- Nawapur (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Nandurbar (district HQ)43 km by road
- Nawapur (nearest town)24 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 Wal Amarai?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Wal Amarai; 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 · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Visarwadi
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Visarwadi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 12 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 Wal Amarai known for?

The main crops are **rice, cotton and jowar**. About 97% of the 404 hectares of village land is sown, and 290 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 Wal Amarai

Of every 100 households in Wal Amarai in 2011, 86 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Wal Amarai · ■ Nawapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**67%

Tap water ****16%**

**44%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**65%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Wal Amarai?

■ Wal Amarai · ■ Nawapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1165**

**972

Working population ****64.7%**

**58.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 44.1% for women. 67% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 433 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 518 (49%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 65 (6%) · **■** Marginal 34 (3%)

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 Nawapur

- Bilbare1,668 people
- Wadsatra1,661 people
- Kamod1,651 people
- Sonare Digar1,645 people
- Bilda1,621 people
- Raipur1,618 people
- Keli1,610 people
- Mothi Kadwan1,608 people

[All 161 villages in Nawapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/nandurbar/nawapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Wal Amarai?425418
- How far is Wal Amarai from Nandurbar?43 km by road
- What is the population of Wal Amarai?1,634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wal Amarai in?Nandurbar district (Nawapur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wal Amarai?51.4% (Census 2011)
