# Jawalethar Village, Rajapur, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

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Village · Rajapur, Ratnagiri 

# Jawalethar

Jawalethar is a village in Rajapur sub-district of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, PIN code **416701**. The 2011 Census counted **939 people in 265 households**, the 54th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 939people (2011)
- 265households
- 78.7%literacy
- 416701PIN code

## Jawalethar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jawalethar is 416701.** Jawalethar falls in Rajapur sub-district, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code416701
- Community development blockRajapur
- Census village code566232

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

## How far is Jawalethar from nearby towns?

- Rajapur (sub-district HQ)51 km by road
- Ratnagiri (district HQ)110 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)51 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 Jawalethar?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Jawalethar; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nerle
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pachal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Lanja
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Jawalethar known for?

The main crops are **rice, ragi and cashew**. About 25% of the 872 hectares of village land is sown, and 218 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 Jawalethar

Of every 100 households in Jawalethar in 2011, 98 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Jawalethar · ■ Rajapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**18%

Tap water ****86%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**88%

Use banking services ****73%**

**50%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**27%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Jawalethar?

■ Jawalethar · ■ Rajapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1179**

**1194

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**948

Working population ****50.8%**

**49.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 70.8% for women. 52% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 392 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (8%) · **■** Other work 40 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Rajapur

- Angale962 people
- Jambhari962 people
- Mosam950 people
- Vilye947 people
- Kondhe Tarf Rajapur918 people
- Wadapeth917 people
- Hasol Tarf Saundal913 people
- Hardi881 people

[All 238 villages in Rajapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/ratnagiri/rajapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jawalethar?416701
- How far is Jawalethar from Ratnagiri?110 km by road
- What is the population of Jawalethar?939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jawalethar in?Ratnagiri district (Rajapur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Jawalethar?78.7% (Census 2011)
