# Dhawar Village, Alibag, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/alibag/dhawar/

Village · Alibag, Raigarh 

# Dhawar

Dhawar is a village in Alibag sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **556 people in 119 households**, the 108th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 556people (2011)
- 119households
- 89.1%literacy
- 1,022females per 1,000 males

## Dhawar PIN code and other codes

Dhawar falls in Alibag sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockAlibag
- Census village code554148

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

## How far is Dhawar from nearby towns?

- Alibag (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)4 km by road
- Alibag (nearest town)4 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 Dhawar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Dhawar; 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 schoolunder 5 km · Alibaug
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Alibaug
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Alibag
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Dhawar known for?

About 13% of the 272 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Dhawar

Of every 100 households in Dhawar in 2011, 97 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 81 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 58 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Dhawar · ■ Alibag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**25%

Tap water ****99%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****81%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****15%**

**39%

Use banking services ****82%**

**58%

Television ****58%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****58%**

**31%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**14%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Dhawar?

■ Dhawar · ■ Alibag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1022**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**943

Working population ****59.7%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 83.8% for women. 62% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (5%) · **■** Household industry 19 (6%) · **■** Other work 105 (32%) · **■** Marginal 153 (46%)

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 Alibag

- Bhilji592 people
- Kune568 people
- Mandavakhar568 people
- Hashiware561 people
- Tadwagale552 people
- Talavade534 people
- Ghasawad526 people
- Navedar Kolgaon524 people

[All 212 villages in Alibag](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/alibag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhawar from Alibag?4 km by road
- What is the population of Dhawar?556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhawar in?Raigarh district (Alibag sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dhawar?89.1% (Census 2011)