# Digashi Village, Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg 

# Digashi

Digashi is a village in Vaibhavvadi sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, PIN code **416702**. The 2011 Census counted **483 people in 131 households**, the 34th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 483people (2011)
- 131households
- 72.8%literacy
- 416702PIN code

## Digashi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Digashi is 416702.** Digashi falls in Vaibhavvadi sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- PIN code416702
- Community development blockVaibhavvadi
- Census village code566360

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

## How far is Digashi from nearby towns?

- Vaibhavvadi (sub-district HQ)62 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)77 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)30 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 Digashi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Digashi; 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
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Vaibhavvadi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vaibhavvadi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Padgaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 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 watertube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Digashi known for?

The main crops are **rice, nagli and cashew**. About 29% of the 436 hectares of village land is sown, and 122 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 Digashi

Of every 100 households in Digashi in 2011, 88 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digashi · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**23%

Tap water ****18%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**59%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****42%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Digashi?

■ Digashi · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1176**

**1132

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**971

Working population ****41.8%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 59.5% for women. 44% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (83%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 17 (8%)

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 Vaibhavvadi

- Ainari566 people
- Narkarwadi564 people
- Khambalwadi504 people
- Pimpalwadi491 people
- Tiravade Tarf Soundal447 people
- Jamdarwadi445 people
- Bhom437 people
- Nagapwadi433 people

[All 59 villages in Vaibhavvadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/vaibhavvadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Digashi?416702
- How far is Digashi from Oras Bk.?77 km by road
- What is the population of Digashi?483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digashi in?Sindhudurg district (Vaibhavvadi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Digashi?72.8% (Census 2011)