# Vagheshwar Village, Vengurla, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)

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Village · Vengurla, Sindhudurg 

# Vagheshwar

Vagheshwar is a village in Vengurla sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **633 people in 166 households**, the 56th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.0%.

- 633people (2011)
- 166households
- 91.4%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Vagheshwar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockVengurla
- Census village code566670

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

## How far is Vagheshwar from nearby towns?

- Vengurla (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)37 km by road
- Vengurla (nearest town)1 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 Vagheshwar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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 · Ubhadanda
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Vengurla
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Vengurla
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Vagheshwar known for?

The main crops are **mango and cashew**. Products made here include fish. About 71% of the 82 hectares of village land is sown, and 58 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 Vagheshwar

Of every 100 households in Vagheshwar in 2011, 96 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Vagheshwar · ■ Vengurla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**10%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**78%

Use banking services ****72%**

**65%

Television ****58%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**5%

None of these assets ****11%**

**20%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Vagheshwar?

■ Vagheshwar · ■ Vengurla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**88.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**940

Working population ****34.4%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 91.8% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (17%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (56%) · **■** Marginal 30 (14%)

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

- Redi644 people
- Kanyale642 people
- Kalavi641 people
- Bhandarwada634 people
- Parabwadi611 people
- Shelapi601 people
- Kamblevir595 people
- Siddhawadi592 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Vagheshwar from Oras Bk.?37 km by road
- What is the population of Vagheshwar?633 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vagheshwar in?Sindhudurg district (Vengurla sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Vagheshwar?91.4% (Census 2011)