# Gangar Kargaon Village, Lanja, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

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Village · Lanja, Ratnagiri 

# Gangar Kargaon

Gangar Kargaon is a village in Lanja sub-district of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **363 people in 88 households**, the 101st largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 363people (2011)
- 88households
- 70.5%literacy
- 1,161females per 1,000 males

## Gangar Kargaon PIN code and other codes

Gangar Kargaon falls in Lanja sub-district, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockLanja
- Census village code565874

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

## How far is Gangar Kargaon from nearby towns?

- Lanja (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Ratnagiri (district HQ)26 km by road
- Lanja (nearest town)12 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 Gangar Kargaon?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gangar Kargaon; 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
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pali
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pali
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Lanja
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 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 and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 19 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 Gangar Kargaon known for?

The main crops are **rice and cashew**. About 21% of the 140 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 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 Gangar Kargaon

Of every 100 households in Gangar Kargaon in 2011, 88 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangar Kargaon · ■ Lanja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**55%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**50%

Television ****22%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****44%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Gangar Kargaon?

■ Gangar Kargaon · ■ Lanja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1161**

**1163

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1278**

**889

Working population ****54.3%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 59.9% for women. 60% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 18 (9%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 173 (88%)

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 Lanja

- Nivoshi395 people
- Kante393 people
- Ramane382 people
- Shiravali368 people
- Rambadegaon360 people
- Chinchurti349 people
- Gautamgaon343 people
- Ghadashi339 people

[All 122 villages in Lanja](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/ratnagiri/lanja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangar Kargaon from Ratnagiri?26 km by road
- What is the population of Gangar Kargaon?363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangar Kargaon in?Ratnagiri district (Lanja sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Gangar Kargaon?70.5% (Census 2011)