# Wagheri Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Wagheri

Wagheri is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **568 people in 152 households**, the 69th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 568people (2011)
- 152households
- 84.2%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Wagheri PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566435

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

## How far is Wagheri from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)45 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)39 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 Wagheri?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Wagheri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Phonda
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Phonda
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Phonda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Wagheri known for?

The main crops are **rice, mango and cashew**. About 53% of the 1,060 hectares of village land is sown, and 567 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 Wagheri

Of every 100 households in Wagheri in 2011, 84 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wagheri · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**18%

Tap water ****22%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****54%**

**58%

Television ****24%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**13%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****44%**

**28%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Wagheri?

■ Wagheri · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1625**

**934

Working population ****53.9%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 77.8% for women. 60% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 58 (19%) · **■** Marginal 166 (54%)

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

- Kasarde603 people
- Bandargaon586 people
- Kalasuli582 people
- Bavshi580 people
- Bharni536 people
- Navin kurli528 people
- Satral516 people
- Lingeshwar Nagar497 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Wagheri from Oras Bk.?45 km by road
- What is the population of Wagheri?568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wagheri in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wagheri?84.2% (Census 2011)