# Akoshi Village, Wai, Satara (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Wai, Satara 

# Akoshi

Akoshi is a village in Wai sub-district of Satara district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **710 people in 199 households**, the 68th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 710people (2011)
- 199households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,527females per 1,000 males

## Akoshi PIN code and other codes

Akoshi falls in Wai sub-district, Satara district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockWai
- Census village code563109

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

## How far is Akoshi from nearby towns?

- Wai (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Satara (district HQ)58 km by road
- Wai (nearest town)33 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 Akoshi?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Akoshi; 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 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 school10+ km · Wai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wai
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ 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 and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 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 Akoshi known for?

About 66% of the 429 hectares of village land is sown, and 281 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 Akoshi

Of every 100 households in Akoshi in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Akoshi · ■ Wai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**79%

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

**7%

Tap water ****98%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**50%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**47%

Use banking services ****50%**

**80%

Television ****68%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**29%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

Own their home ****92%**

**88%

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 Akoshi?

■ Akoshi · ■ Wai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1527**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1609**

**909

Working population ****57.6%**

**48.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 71.7% for women. 59% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 280 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 36 (9%) · **■** Marginal 82 (20%)

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 Wai

- Vahagaon765 people
- Nagewadi750 people
- Jor748 people
- Vaigaon738 people
- Kholvadi701 people
- Purna Vyahali698 people
- Bhogaon694 people
- Darewadi690 people

[All 126 villages in Wai](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/satara/wai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Akoshi from Satara?58 km by road
- What is the population of Akoshi?710 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akoshi in?Satara district (Wai sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Akoshi?81.7% (Census 2011)