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

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Village · Vada, Thane 

# Usar

Usar is a village in Vada sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,202 people in 258 households**, the 41st largest of 168 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,202people (2011)
- 258households
- 67.9%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Usar PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockVada
- Census village code552103

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

## How far is Usar from nearby towns?

- Vada (sub-district HQ)52 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)76 km by road
- Bhiwandi Nizampur (nearest town)30 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 Usar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●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
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kudus
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Usar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vada
- ○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
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Usar known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 61% of the 496 hectares of village land is sown, and 305 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 Usar

Of every 100 households in Usar in 2011, 68 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Usar · ■ Vada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**49%

Tap water ****30%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**27%

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

**21%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**74%

Use banking services ****64%**

**55%

Television ****32%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****54%**

**41%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Usar?

■ Usar · ■ Vada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**968

Working population ****50.6%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 62.1% for women. 57% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 185 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (29%) · **■** Other work 206 (34%) · **■** Marginal 43 (7%)

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

- Ambiste Kh.1,311 people
- Devgaon1,224 people
- Sapane Bk.1,221 people
- Dahe1,211 people
- Vasuri Bk1,169 people
- Ambiste Bk.1,165 people
- Kalamkhand1,164 people
- Kalambhe1,157 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Usar from Thane?76 km by road
- What is the population of Usar?1,202 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Usar in?Thane district (Vada sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Usar?67.9% (Census 2011)