# Upanagar Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Upanagar

Upanagar is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **146 people in 35 households**, the 102nd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 146people (2011)
- 35households
- 90.7%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Upanagar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566470

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

## How far is Upanagar from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)40 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 Upanagar?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Upanagar; 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kankavli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kankavli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kankavli
- ○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 market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- 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 Upanagar known for?

The main crops are **rice and cashew**. Products made here include cashew nut. About 83% of the 30 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Upanagar

Of every 100 households in Upanagar in 2011, 97 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Upanagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**18%

Tap water ****47%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**84%

Use banking services ****71%**

**58%

Television ****44%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

None of these assets ****26%**

**28%

Own their home ****74%**

**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 Upanagar?

■ Upanagar · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.7%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**934

Working population ****63.0%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 84.1% for women. 59% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 11 (12%) · **■** Marginal 81 (88%)

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

- Kajirde245 people
- Subhash Nagar244 people
- Ulhasnagar231 people
- Berle205 people
- Bramhanagari135 people
- Math Kh.135 people
- Navanagar16 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Upanagar from Oras Bk.?40 km by road
- What is the population of Upanagar?146 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upanagar in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Upanagar?90.7% (Census 2011)