# Bhovade Village, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

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Village · Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri 

# Bhovade

Bhovade is a village in Sangameshwar sub-district of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **795 people in 208 households**, the 87th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 795people (2011)
- 208households
- 68.4%literacy
- 1,318females per 1,000 males

## Bhovade PIN code and other codes

Bhovade falls in Sangameshwar sub-district, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockSangameshwar
- Census village code565869

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

## How far is Bhovade from nearby towns?

- Devrukh (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Ratnagiri (district HQ)55 km by road
- Ratnagiri (nearest town)55 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 Bhovade?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bhovade; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 · Kondgion
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devrukh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambav
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 18 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 Bhovade known for?

About 12% of the 909 hectares of village land is sown, and 107 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 Bhovade

Of every 100 households in Bhovade in 2011, 94 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhovade · ■ Sangameshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**14%

Tap water ****81%**

**61%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**86%

Use banking services ****51%**

**51%

Television ****32%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**42%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

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 Bhovade?

■ Bhovade · ■ Sangameshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1318**

**1145

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**957

Working population ****64.8%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 56.4% for women. 65% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 59 (11%) · **■** Marginal 335 (65%)

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 Sangameshwar

- Asurde814 people
- Murshi811 people
- Kond Bhujbalrao810 people
- Tivare Tarf Devale809 people
- Dhamapur Tarf Devrukh792 people
- Dabhole Kh.791 people
- Nive Kh.785 people
- Karambele Tarf Devale774 people

[All 198 villages in Sangameshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/ratnagiri/sangameshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhovade from Ratnagiri?55 km by road
- What is the population of Bhovade?795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhovade in?Ratnagiri district (Sangameshwar sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Bhovade?68.4% (Census 2011)