# Kukade Village, Palghar, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Palghar, Thane 

# Kukade

Kukade is a village in Palghar sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **886 people in 215 households**, the 131st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.6%.

- 886people (2011)
- 215households
- 72.6%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Kukade PIN code and other codes

Kukade falls in Palghar sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPalghar
- Census village code552237

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

## How far is Kukade from nearby towns?

- Palghar (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)140 km by road
- Palghar (nearest town)16 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 Kukade?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary 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
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lalode
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Boisar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vangion
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Kukade known for?

The main crops are **grass and rice**. About 62% of the 383 hectares of village land is sown, and 236 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 Kukade

Of every 100 households in Kukade in 2011, 93 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kukade · ■ Palghar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**43%

Tap water ****34%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**41%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**51%

Use banking services ****36%**

**54%

Television ****42%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****25%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**88%

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 Kukade?

■ Kukade · ■ Palghar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**75.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**983

Working population ****43.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 64.9% for women. 56% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 87 (23%) · **■** Marginal 207 (54%)

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 Palghar

- Sagave933 people
- Ravate927 people
- Chinchare913 people
- Tembhi902 people
- Vitthalwadi881 people
- Mundwali879 people
- Kambode878 people
- Gundave850 people

[All 203 villages in Palghar](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/palghar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kukade from Thane?140 km by road
- What is the population of Kukade?886 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukade in?Thane district (Palghar sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kukade?72.6% (Census 2011)