# Waingani Village, Kankavli, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/kankavli/waingani/

Village · Kankavli, Sindhudurg 

# Waingani

Waingani is a village in Kankavli sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **368 people in 100 households**, the 89th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 368people (2011)
- 100households
- 75.5%literacy
- 1,244females per 1,000 males

## Waingani PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKankavli
- Census village code566391

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

## How far is Waingani from nearby towns?

- Kankavli (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)70 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)20 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 Waingani?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Waingani; 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 schoolunder 5 km · Kharepatan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kankavli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Malvan
- ○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, covered wells, 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 Waingani known for?

The main crops are **rice, nagli and wheat**. About 48% of the 381 hectares of village land is sown, and 184 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 Waingani

Of every 100 households in Waingani in 2011, 97 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Waingani · ■ Kankavli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**18%

Tap water ****95%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**54%

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

**13%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****82%**

**58%

Television ****26%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****35%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Waingani?

■ Waingani · ■ Kankavli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1244**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**934

Working population ****45.7%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 65.3% for women. 52% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 29 (17%) · **■** Marginal 77 (46%)

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

- Uttamnagar387 people
- Shastrinagar385 people
- Nagsawantwadi377 people
- Shivajipeth371 people
- Bhiravande354 people
- Gangeshwar346 people
- Ranjangaon346 people
- Rameshwarnagar317 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Waingani from Oras Bk.?70 km by road
- What is the population of Waingani?368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Waingani in?Sindhudurg district (Kankavli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Waingani?75.5% (Census 2011)