# Upale Village, Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Vaibhavvadi, Sindhudurg 

# Upale

Upale is a village in Vaibhavvadi sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 111 households**, the 40th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 421people (2011)
- 111households
- 71.9%literacy
- 1,406females per 1,000 males

## Upale PIN code and other codes

Upale falls in Vaibhavvadi sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVaibhavvadi
- Census village code566337

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

## How far is Upale from nearby towns?

- Vaibhavvadi (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)75 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)45 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 Upale?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Upale; 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 school5–10 km · Nerle
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanakvali
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vaibhavvadi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ 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, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)19 h summer · 19 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 Upale known for?

The main crops are **rice, nagli and cashew**. About 9% of the 442 hectares of village land is sown, and 38 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 Upale

Of every 100 households in Upale in 2011, 97 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upale · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**23%

Tap water ****24%**

**45%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**59%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****36%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Upale?

■ Upale · ■ Vaibhavvadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1406**

**1132

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1846**

**971

Working population ****53.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 62.6% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (7%) · **■** Marginal 57 (25%)

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

- Jamdarwadi445 people
- Bhom437 people
- Nagapwadi433 people
- Ghanegadwadi422 people
- Jambhavade406 people
- Sardarwadi394 people
- Bhusarwadi388 people
- Mounde384 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Upale from Oras Bk.?75 km by road
- What is the population of Upale?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upale in?Sindhudurg district (Vaibhavvadi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Upale?71.9% (Census 2011)