# Pelu Village, Digras, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Digras, Yavatmal 

# Pelu

Pelu is a village in Digras sub-district of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **613 people in 131 households**, the 60th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 613people (2011)
- 131households
- 79.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Pelu PIN code and other codes

Pelu falls in Digras sub-district, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDigras
- Census village code542686

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

## How far is Pelu from nearby towns?

- Digras (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Yavatmal (district HQ)78 km by road
- Digras (nearest town)6 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 Pelu?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Pelu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Diigras
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Digras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pusad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Pelu known for?

About 90% of the 351 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 Pelu

Of every 100 households in Pelu in 2011, 60 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pelu · ■ Digras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**50%

Television ****46%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**52%

Own their home ****91%**

**95%

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 Pelu?

■ Pelu · ■ Digras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1182**

**920

Working population ****46.2%**

**50.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 68.4% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 50 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (36%) · **■** Other work 47 (17%) · **■** Marginal 83 (29%)

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 Digras

- Belora684 people
- Shiwani678 people
- Marsul675 people
- Khekadi637 people
- Laygavhan607 people
- Loni602 people
- Jawala592 people
- Rui Mardhe554 people

[All 80 villages in Digras](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/digras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pelu from Yavatmal?78 km by road
- What is the population of Pelu?613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pelu in?Yavatmal district (Digras sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Pelu?79.3% (Census 2011)