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

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Village · Alibag, Raigarh 

# Dhokawade

Dhokawade is a village in Alibag sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **3,019 people in 709 households**, the 11th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 3,019people (2011)
- 709households
- 88.1%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Dhokawade PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockAlibag
- Census village code554007

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

## How far is Dhokawade from nearby towns?

- Alibag (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)15 km by road
- Alibag (nearest town)15 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 Dhokawade?

24 services counted by the Census are inside Dhokawade; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Alibag
- ○Degree college10+ km · Alibag
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Alibag
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, 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 Dhokawade known for?

About 51% of the 545 hectares of village land is sown, and 270 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 Dhokawade

Of every 100 households in Dhokawade in 2011, 95 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 57 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 45 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Dhokawade · ■ Alibag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**25%

Tap water ****69%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****57%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**39%

Use banking services ****80%**

**58%

Television ****76%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****45%**

**31%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

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

**14%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Dhokawade?

■ Dhokawade · ■ Alibag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**943

Working population ****50.2%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 82.4% for women. 64% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (14%) · **■** Household industry 84 (6%) · **■** Other work 535 (35%) · **■** Marginal 403 (27%)

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

- Awas3,915 people
- Nevedar Navagaon3,737 people
- Vaijali3,644 people
- Poynad3,240 people
- Akshi2,974 people
- Shahabaj2,796 people
- Kihim2,582 people
- Veshvi2,376 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dhokawade from Alibag?15 km by road
- What is the population of Dhokawade?3,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhokawade in?Raigarh district (Alibag sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dhokawade?88.1% (Census 2011)
