# Khalchikar Village, Vengurla, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Vengurla, Sindhudurg 

# Khalchikar

Khalchikar is a village in Vengurla sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **960 people in 217 households**, the 27th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.0%.

- 960people (2011)
- 217households
- 94.0%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Khalchikar PIN code and other codes

Khalchikar falls in Vengurla sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVengurla
- Census village code566705

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

## How far is Khalchikar from nearby towns?

- Vengurla (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)57 km by road
- Vengurla (nearest town)21 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 Khalchikar?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Khalchikar; 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shiroda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Vengurla
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vengurla
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)20 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 Khalchikar known for?

The main crops are **mango and cashew**. Products made here include fish. About 41% of the 9 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Khalchikar

Of every 100 households in Khalchikar in 2011, 96 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khalchikar · ■ Vengurla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**80%

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

**10%

Tap water ****54%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**78%

Use banking services ****91%**

**65%

Television ****76%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**18%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Khalchikar?

■ Khalchikar · ■ Vengurla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.0%**

**88.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****679**

**940

Working population ****49.0%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 93.9% for women. 61% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 427 (91%) · **■** Marginal 23 (5%)

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 Vengurla

- Huda992 people
- Khanoli978 people
- Mochemad972 people
- Medha962 people
- Bhogave955 people
- Ansur951 people
- Tank948 people
- Gandhinagar898 people

[All 83 villages in Vengurla](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/vengurla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Khalchikar from Oras Bk.?57 km by road
- What is the population of Khalchikar?960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khalchikar in?Sindhudurg district (Vengurla sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Khalchikar?94.0% (Census 2011)