# Shastrinagar Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Shastrinagar

Shastrinagar is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **385 people in 101 households**, the 86th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 385people (2011)
- 101households
- 86.8%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Shastrinagar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566479

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

## How far is Shastrinagar from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)36 km by road
- Kankavli (nearest town)14 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 Shastrinagar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Shastrinagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Shivajinagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kankavli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Phondaghat
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Shastrinagar known for?

The main crops are **rice, mango and cashew**. About 27% of the 145 hectares of village land is sown, and 39 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 Shastrinagar

Of every 100 households in Shastrinagar in 2011, 93 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shastrinagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**18%

Tap water ****30%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**84%

Use banking services ****77%**

**58%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****25%**

**28%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Shastrinagar?

■ Shastrinagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**934

Working population ****44.7%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 82.0% for women. 53% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 20 (12%) · **■** Marginal 89 (52%)

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

- Lingeshwar408 people
- Yevteshwargaon408 people
- Gandhinagar390 people
- Uttamnagar387 people
- Nagsawantwadi377 people
- Shivajipeth371 people
- Waingani368 people
- Bhiravande354 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Shastrinagar from Oras Bk.?36 km by road
- What is the population of Shastrinagar?385 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shastrinagar in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Shastrinagar?86.8% (Census 2011)