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

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Village · Alibag, Raigarh 

# Medhekhar

Medhekhar is a village in Alibag sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **990 people in 249 households**, the 60th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 990people (2011)
- 249households
- 85.6%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Medhekhar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockAlibag
- Census village code554115

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

## How far is Medhekhar from nearby towns?

- Alibag (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)16 km by road
- Alibag (nearest town)17 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 Medhekhar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle 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 · Pezari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Alibaug
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Alibag
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

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

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include bricks. About 15% of the 228 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Medhekhar

Of every 100 households in Medhekhar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 45 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Medhekhar · ■ Alibag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**25%

Tap water ****81%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****45%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**39%

Use banking services ****57%**

**58%

Television ****67%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**31%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****17%**

**14%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Medhekhar?

■ Medhekhar · ■ Alibag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****725**

**943

Working population ****45.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 76.5% for women. 56% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (21%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 77 (17%) · **■** Marginal 187 (41%)

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

- Kamarle1,007 people
- Mouje Pedhambe1,006 people
- Mapgaon992 people
- Milkatkhar991 people
- Lonare973 people
- Karle964 people
- Sudkoli955 people
- Chari928 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Medhekhar from Alibag?16 km by road
- What is the population of Medhekhar?990 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Medhekhar in?Raigarh district (Alibag sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Medhekhar?85.6% (Census 2011)