# Lavgan Village, Lanja, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Lanja, Ratnagiri 

# Lavgan

Lavgan is a village in Lanja sub-district of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, PIN code **416712**. The 2011 Census counted **517 people in 137 households**, the 77th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 517people (2011)
- 137households
- 70.7%literacy
- 416712PIN code

## Lavgan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lavgan is 416712.** Lavgan falls in Lanja sub-district, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code416712
- Community development blockLanja
- Census village code565948

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

## How far is Lavgan from nearby towns?

- Lanja (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Ratnagiri (district HQ)30 km by road
- Ratnagiri (nearest town)30 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 Lavgan?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Lavgan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Wadilembu
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Shivarbhare
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Lanja
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Lavgan known for?

About 24% of the 474 hectares of village land is sown, and 115 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 Lavgan

Of every 100 households in Lavgan in 2011, 95 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lavgan · ■ Lanja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**78%

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

**5%

Tap water ****57%**

**55%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****20%**

**50%

Television ****25%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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 Lavgan?

■ Lavgan · ■ Lanja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1439**

**1163

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**889

Working population ****57.8%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 63.0% for women. 51% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 127 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (17%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 117 (39%)

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

- Padvan547 people
- Anandgaon540 people
- Baing528 people
- Argaon522 people
- Chafet513 people
- Virgaon502 people
- Kumbhargaon492 people
- Salpe491 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lavgan?416712
- How far is Lavgan from Ratnagiri?30 km by road
- What is the population of Lavgan?517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lavgan in?Ratnagiri district (Lanja sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Lavgan?70.7% (Census 2011)