# Usap Village, Dodamarg, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Dodamarg, Sindhudurg 

# Usap

Usap is a village in Dodamarg sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,180 people in 338 households**, the 15th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.6%.

- 1,180people (2011)
- 338households
- 80.7%literacy
- 1,218females per 1,000 males

## Usap PIN code and other codes

Usap falls in Dodamarg sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDodamarg
- Census village code566978

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

## How far is Usap from nearby towns?

- Kasai (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)110 km by road
- Mapusa (nearest town)36 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 Usap?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Usap; 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
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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 school5–10 km · Khedshi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dodamarg
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dodamarg
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 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 Usap known for?

The main crops are **rice, coconut and mango**. About 27% of the 925 hectares of village land is sown, and 247 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 Usap

Of every 100 households in Usap in 2011, 95 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Usap · ■ Dodamarg rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**36%

Tap water ****6%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****91%**

**67%

Television ****52%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**21%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Usap?

■ Usap · ■ Dodamarg rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**82.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1218**

**1017

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**911

Working population ****28.7%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 72.7% for women. 44% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (24%) · **■** Marginal 163 (48%)

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 Dodamarg

- Vazare1,393 people
- Kumbral1,333 people
- Zare1,253 people
- Talekhol1,201 people
- Morgaon1,122 people
- Ambadgaon1,117 people
- Zolambe1,104 people
- Ghotge981 people

[All 62 villages in Dodamarg](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/dodamarg/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Usap from Oras Bk.?110 km by road
- What is the population of Usap?1,180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Usap in?Sindhudurg district (Dodamarg sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Usap?80.7% (Census 2011)