# Actan Village, Vasai, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Vasai, Thane 

# Actan

Actan is a village in Vasai sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 291 households**, the 33rd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.6%.

- 1,162people (2011)
- 291households
- 89.8%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Actan PIN code and other codes

Actan falls in Vasai sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockVasai
- Census village code552436

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

## How far is Actan from nearby towns?

- Vasai (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)78 km by road
- Vasai-Virar City (nearest town)2 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 Actan?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 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 · Vasai
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Vasai
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Vasai
- ○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 marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- 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 Actan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 77% of the 13 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Actan

Of every 100 households in Actan in 2011, 99 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 82 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 53 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Actan · ■ Vasai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**39%

Tap water ****17%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****82%**

**61%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****5%**

**34%

Use banking services ****96%**

**71%

Television ****87%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****53%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Actan?

■ Actan · ■ Vasai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.8%**

**76.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**980

Working population ****36.5%**

**47.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 87.7% for women. 49% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (6%) · **■** Household industry 32 (8%) · **■** Other work 339 (80%) · **■** Marginal 11 (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 Vasai

- Panju1,358 people
- Khardi1,293 people
- Karanjon1,230 people
- Majivali1,194 people
- Mori1,158 people
- Navasai1,131 people
- Tarkhad1,094 people
- Kolhapur1,092 people

[All 50 villages in Vasai](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/vasai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Actan from Thane?78 km by road
- What is the population of Actan?1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Actan in?Thane district (Vasai sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Actan?89.8% (Census 2011)