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

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Desai

Desai is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **422 people in 96 households**, the 137th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 422people (2011)
- 96households
- 60.1%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Desai PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552065

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

## How far is Desai from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)60 km by road
- Bhiwandi (nearest town)43 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 Desai?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Desai; 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 · Wada
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Wada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 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

- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Desai known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include edible oil. About 53% of the 163 hectares of village land is sown, and 87 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 Desai

Of every 100 households in Desai in 2011, 53 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Desai · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**49%

Tap water ****3%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**74%

Use banking services ****15%**

**55%

Television ****20%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****56%**

**41%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Desai?

■ Desai · ■ Vada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**968

Working population ****56.9%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 52.1% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (90%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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

- Bavali462 people
- Apti448 people
- Raysalgaon441 people
- Varai Kh.436 people
- Gale416 people
- Virhe413 people
- Balivali410 people
- Manivali408 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Desai from Thane?60 km by road
- What is the population of Desai?422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Desai in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Desai?60.1% (Census 2011)