# Bhairavgaon Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Bhairavgaon

Bhairavgaon is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 93 households**, the 96th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 278people (2011)
- 93households
- 65.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Bhairavgaon PIN code and other codes

Bhairavgaon falls in Kankavli sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566492

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

## How far is Bhairavgaon from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)55 km by road
- Malwan (nearest town)58 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 Bhairavgaon?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Bhairavgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sagave
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kankavli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Phonda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Bhairavgaon known for?

The main crops are **mango, rice and nagli**. About 31% of the 186 hectares of village land is sown, and 41 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 Bhairavgaon

Of every 100 households in Bhairavgaon in 2011, 95 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhairavgaon · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**18%

Tap water ****98%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****89%**

**58%

Television ****18%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**13%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****55%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**89%

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 Bhairavgaon?

■ Bhairavgaon · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****556**

**934

Working population ****65.5%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 52.3% for women. 65% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (7%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 116 (64%)

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 Kankavli

- Ranjangaon346 people
- Rameshwarnagar317 people
- Nehru Nagar312 people
- Rajnagar285 people
- Shrinagar249 people
- Kajirde245 people
- Subhash Nagar244 people
- Ulhasnagar231 people

[All 105 villages in Kankavli](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/kankavli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhairavgaon from Oras Bk.?55 km by road
- What is the population of Bhairavgaon?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhairavgaon in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Bhairavgaon?65.9% (Census 2011)