# Mouje Waghotan Village, Devgad, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Devgad, Sindhudurg 

# Mouje Waghotan

Mouje Waghotan is a village in Devgad sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, PIN code **416804**. The 2011 Census counted **1,380 people in 255 households**, the 28th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,380people (2011)
- 255households
- 80.3%literacy
- 416804PIN code

## Mouje Waghotan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mouje Waghotan is 416804.** Mouje Waghotan falls in Devgad sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code416804
- Community development blockDevgad
- Census village code566244

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

## How far is Mouje Waghotan from nearby towns?

- Devgad (sub-district HQ)52 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)78 km by road
- Rajapur (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 Mouje Waghotan?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Mouje Waghotan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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 school5–10 km · Mutat
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devgad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamsande
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Mouje Waghotan known for?

The main crops are **mango, coconut and cashew**. About 43% of the 1,051 hectares of village land is sown, and 455 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 Mouje Waghotan

Of every 100 households in Mouje Waghotan in 2011, 68 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Mouje Waghotan · ■ Devgad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**7%

Tap water ****62%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**80%

Use banking services ****49%**

**61%

Television ****51%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****14%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**4%

None of these assets ****9%**

**28%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Mouje Waghotan?

■ Mouje Waghotan · ■ Devgad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**1051

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1025**

**924

Working population ****49.4%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 72.6% for women. 61% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 495 (73%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (4%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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

- Mond1,564 people
- Khudi1,527 people
- Dahibaon1,517 people
- Naringre1,516 people
- Are1,335 people
- Phanasgaon1,328 people
- Baparde1,304 people
- Kuvale1,255 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mouje Waghotan?416804
- How far is Mouje Waghotan from Oras Bk.?78 km by road
- What is the population of Mouje Waghotan?1,380 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mouje Waghotan in?Sindhudurg district (Devgad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Mouje Waghotan?80.3% (Census 2011)
