# Rajnagar Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **285 people in 86 households**, the 95th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 285people (2011)
- 86households
- 82.2%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Rajnagar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566471

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

## How far is Rajnagar from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)40 km by road
- Malwan (nearest town)52 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 Rajnagar?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Rajnagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Kankavli
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kankavli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kankavli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kankavli
- ○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) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps 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 Rajnagar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include cashew nut. About 69% of the 162 hectares of village land is sown, and 111 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 Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 100 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**18%

Tap water ****26%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**84%

Use banking services ****81%**

**58%

Television ****51%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**4%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

Own their home ****83%**

**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 Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**934

Working population ****67.4%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 77.5% for women. 71% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%) · **■** Marginal 181 (94%)

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

- Gangeshwar346 people
- Ranjangaon346 people
- Rameshwarnagar317 people
- Nehru Nagar312 people
- Bhairavgaon278 people
- Shrinagar249 people
- Kajirde245 people
- Subhash Nagar244 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rajnagar from Oras Bk.?40 km by road
- What is the population of Rajnagar?285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar?82.2% (Census 2011)