# Kashmire Village, Pen, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Pen, Raigarh 

# Kashmire

Kashmire is a village in Pen sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **836 people in 196 households**, the 71st largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 836people (2011)
- 196households
- 84.1%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Kashmire PIN code and other codes

Kashmire falls in Pen sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPen
- Census village code553904

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

## How far is Kashmire from nearby towns?

- Pen (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)24 km by road
- Pen (nearest town)5 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 Kashmire?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kashmire; 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
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pen
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pen
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pen
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Kashmire known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 50% of the 44 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Kashmire

Of every 100 households in Kashmire in 2011, 100 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kashmire · ■ Pen rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**57%

Use banking services ****45%**

**53%

Television ****66%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**27%

Own their home ****78%**

**91%

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 Kashmire?

■ Kashmire · ■ Pen rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**968

Working population ****32.8%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 77.8% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (35%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 100 (36%) · **■** Marginal 37 (14%)

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 Pen

- Shirki Chawl No.1868 people
- Mothe Vadhav859 people
- Mangrul852 people
- Nigade847 people
- Kharkarawi826 people
- Uchede808 people
- Washiwali800 people
- Odhangi796 people

[All 169 villages in Pen](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/pen/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kashmire from Alibag?24 km by road
- What is the population of Kashmire?836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kashmire in?Raigarh district (Pen sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kashmire?84.1% (Census 2011)