# Bhikawadi Kh Village, Kadegaon, Sangli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kadegaon, Sangli 

# Bhikawadi Kh

Bhikawadi Kh is a village in Kadegaon sub-district of Sangli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,677 people in 396 households**, the 33rd largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.0%.

- 1,677people (2011)
- 396households
- 82.7%literacy
- 1,048females per 1,000 males

## Bhikawadi Kh PIN code and other codes

Bhikawadi Kh falls in Kadegaon sub-district, Sangli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKadegaon
- Census village code568465

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

## How far is Bhikawadi Kh from nearby towns?

- Kadegaon (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Sangli (district HQ)65 km by road
- Vita (nearest town)23 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 Bhikawadi Kh?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Bhikawadi Kh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn 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 school10+ km · Vita
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vita
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vita
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○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 wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Bhikawadi Kh known for?

About 66% of the 989 hectares of village land is sown, and 606 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 Bhikawadi Kh

Of every 100 households in Bhikawadi Kh in 2011, 86 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bhikawadi Kh · ■ Kadegaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**12%

Tap water ****51%**

**54%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**58%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**70%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****51%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

Own their home ****92%**

**92%

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 Bhikawadi Kh?

■ Bhikawadi Kh · ■ Kadegaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**81.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**993

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**862

Working population ****34.7%**

**48.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 73.5% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 284 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (15%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 121 (21%) · **■** Marginal 70 (12%)

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 Kadegaon

- Raygaon1,834 people
- Hanmant Vadiye1,771 people
- Ambegaon1,740 people
- Kumbhargaon1,709 people
- Shirasgaon1,671 people
- Khambale Aundh1,632 people
- Belavade1,379 people
- Kherade Vita1,368 people

[All 56 villages in Kadegaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sangli/kadegaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhikawadi Kh from Sangli?65 km by road
- What is the population of Bhikawadi Kh?1,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhikawadi Kh in?Sangli district (Kadegaon sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Bhikawadi Kh?82.7% (Census 2011)
