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

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Village · Pen, Raigarh 

# Shirki

Shirki is a village in Pen sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,164 people in 265 households**, the 48th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,164people (2011)
- 265households
- 84.3%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Shirki PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockPen
- Census village code553840

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

## How far is Shirki from nearby towns?

- Pen (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)32 km by road
- Pen (nearest town)9 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 Shirki?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Shirki; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Wadkhal
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Pen
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Pen
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)19 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 Shirki known for?

Products made here include ganapati clay statues. About 82% of the 134 hectares of village land is sown, and 109 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 Shirki

Of every 100 households in Shirki in 2011, 90 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 62 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shirki · ■ Pen rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****62%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**57%

Use banking services ****64%**

**53%

Television ****65%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Shirki?

■ Shirki · ■ Pen rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.3%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**968

Working population ****45.0%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 78.6% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (26%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 98 (19%) · **■** Marginal 223 (43%)

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

- Bori1,213 people
- Sonkhar1,205 people
- Salinde1,188 people
- Koleti1,182 people
- Antore1,153 people
- Kurnad1,145 people
- Rode1,142 people
- Jawali1,140 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Shirki from Alibag?32 km by road
- What is the population of Shirki?1,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shirki in?Raigarh district (Pen sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Shirki?84.3% (Census 2011)