# Alawe Village, Murbad, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Murbad, Thane 

# Alawe

Alawe is a village in Murbad sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **351 people in 77 households**, the 176th largest of 206 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%.

- 351people (2011)
- 77households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Alawe PIN code and other codes

Alawe falls in Murbad sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockMurbad
- Census village code553189

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

## How far is Alawe from nearby towns?

- Murbad (sub-district HQ)50 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)100 km by road
- Kalyan (nearest town)74 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 Alawe?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Alawe; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shivade
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shivade
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khapri
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 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 watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Alawe known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 61% of the 240 hectares of village land is sown, and 146 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 Alawe

Of every 100 households in Alawe in 2011, 66 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alawe · ■ Murbad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**24%

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

**12%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****82%**

**62%

Television ****8%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Alawe?

■ Alawe · ■ Murbad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**74.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**954

Working population ****59.3%**

**50.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 58.3% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 30 (14%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 165 (79%)

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 Murbad

- Mohap392 people
- Ojiwale380 people
- Askot356 people
- Mandus355 people
- Ghagurli342 people
- Ranjangaon338 people
- Temgaon334 people
- Mangaon324 people

[All 206 villages in Murbad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/murbad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Alawe from Thane?100 km by road
- What is the population of Alawe?351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alawe in?Thane district (Murbad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Alawe?70.9% (Census 2011)