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

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Kalamkhand

Kalamkhand is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,164 people in 258 households**, the 44th largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,164people (2011)
- 258households
- 71.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Kalamkhand PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552020

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

## How far is Kalamkhand from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)73 km by road
- Palghar (nearest town)3 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 Kalamkhand?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kalamkhand; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Wada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wada
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Pali
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Kalamkhand known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 57% of the 571 hectares of village land is sown, and 326 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 Kalamkhand

Of every 100 households in Kalamkhand in 2011, 53 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kalamkhand · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**74%

Use banking services ****48%**

**55%

Television ****13%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**13%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****62%**

**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 Kalamkhand?

■ Kalamkhand · ■ Vada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**968

Working population ****59.0%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 63.6% for women. 60% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (67%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (6%) · **■** Marginal 32 (5%)

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

- Dahe1,211 people
- Usar1,202 people
- Vasuri Bk1,169 people
- Ambiste Bk.1,165 people
- Kalambhe1,157 people
- Jamghar1,136 people
- Gates Bk.1,134 people
- Pik1,131 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Kalamkhand from Thane?73 km by road
- What is the population of Kalamkhand?1,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalamkhand in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kalamkhand?71.1% (Census 2011)