# Bilghar Village, Vada, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Bilghar

Bilghar is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **490 people in 113 households**, the 128th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 490people (2011)
- 113households
- 71.9%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Bilghar PIN code and other codes

Bilghar falls in Vada sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552155

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

## How far is Bilghar from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)12 km by road
- Jawhar (nearest town)38 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 Bilghar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bilghar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Wada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pali
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Bilghar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 61% of the 269 hectares of village land is sown, and 164 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 Bilghar

Of every 100 households in Bilghar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Bilghar · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**49%

Tap water ****60%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**74%

Use banking services ****51%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****40%**

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**91%

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 Bilghar?

■ Bilghar · ■ Vada rural average

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

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**968

Working population ****35.5%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 59.0% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (18%) · **■** Other work 50 (29%) · **■** Marginal 77 (44%)

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 Vada

- Shele513 people
- Umrothe506 people
- Borande499 people
- Tilmal493 people
- Dabhon489 people
- Bhopivali479 people
- Uchat475 people
- Tornae470 people

[All 168 villages in Vada](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/vada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bilghar from Thane?12 km by road
- What is the population of Bilghar?490 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilghar in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Bilghar?71.9% (Census 2011)