# Harpude Village, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

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Village · Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri 

# Harpude

Harpude is a village in Sangameshwar sub-district of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,317 people in 300 households**, the 41st largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 1,317people (2011)
- 300households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Harpude PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockSangameshwar
- Census village code565824

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

## How far is Harpude from nearby towns?

- Devrukh (sub-district HQ)66 km by road
- Ratnagiri (district HQ)52 km by road
- Ratnagiri (nearest town)52 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 Harpude?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Harpude; 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
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Devrukh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Devrukh
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Sadvane
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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 Harpude known for?

About 18% of the 711 hectares of village land is sown, and 126 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 Harpude

Of every 100 households in Harpude in 2011, 90 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Harpude · ■ Sangameshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**14%

Tap water ****8%**

**61%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**41%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****18%**

**51%

Television ****41%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Harpude?

■ Harpude · ■ Sangameshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**1145

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****64.9%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 72.6% for women. 62% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 721 (84%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (5%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 42 (5%) · **■** Marginal 32 (4%)

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

- Chorvane1,400 people
- Chaphavali1,395 people
- Kolambe1,365 people
- Morde1,350 people
- Rampeth1,315 people
- Kondivare1,308 people
- Kase1,305 people
- Ambavali1,303 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Harpude from Ratnagiri?52 km by road
- What is the population of Harpude?1,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpude in?Ratnagiri district (Sangameshwar sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Harpude?80.1% (Census 2011)