# Kunkawan Village, Devgad, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Devgad, Sindhudurg 

# Kunkawan

Kunkawan is a village in Devgad sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **896 people in 250 households**, the 54th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 896people (2011)
- 250households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,149females per 1,000 males

## Kunkawan PIN code and other codes

Kunkawan falls in Devgad sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDevgad
- Census village code566266

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

## How far is Kunkawan from nearby towns?

- Devgad (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)65 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)27 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 Kunkawan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kunkawan; 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
- ●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 school10+ km · Kasarde
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanakvali
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vaibhavadi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Kunkawan known for?

The main crops are **mango, coconut and cashew**. About 30% of the 989 hectares of village land is sown, and 302 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 Kunkawan

Of every 100 households in Kunkawan in 2011, 95 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kunkawan · ■ Devgad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**7%

Tap water ****3%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**55%

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

**13%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****74%**

**61%

Television ****26%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

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

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**90%

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 Kunkawan?

■ Kunkawan · ■ Devgad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1149**

**1051

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**924

Working population ****42.0%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 61.8% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 314 (84%)

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 Devgad

- Poyare943 people
- Patgaon942 people
- Mithmumbari920 people
- Mondpar907 people
- Katwaneshwar829 people
- Tembavali829 people
- Wanivade811 people
- Dhoptewadi796 people

[All 98 villages in Devgad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/devgad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kunkawan from Oras Bk.?65 km by road
- What is the population of Kunkawan?896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kunkawan in?Sindhudurg district (Devgad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kunkawan?72.1% (Census 2011)