Vakas, Karjat
Vakas (वाकस) is a village and Village Panchayat of the Karjat Taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra, which falls under Karjat block. Sudarshna Sanjay Tamboli is the President of Vakas Village Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address st7211307@gmail.com and mobile number 89838xxx95. The Secretary is Taramati Santosh Datir, who can be reached at email address tarmatidatir97503@gmail.com and mobile number 98606xxx79. The Panchayat address is Vakas, Vakas Neral, Pincode - 410101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Vakas bus stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.
As on May 2024, the current population of Vakas is 1.6 thousands out of which 835 are males and rest 763 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 914 females per 1000 males. There are around 169 teenagers in Vakas. It has literacy rate of 67% which means around 1.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 60 people belonging to scheduled caste and 277 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 308 households in Vakas, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 880. The pincode of Vakas is 410101 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Neral Sub Post office
- Shelu Branch Post office
- Vakas Branch Post office
- Pashane Branch Post office
- Mangaon T.Varedi Branch Post office
Schools
Vakas has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Datta Samant Vidyalaya Vakas
- Zilla Parishad Primary School School Vakas
- Zilla Parishad Primary School School Chorawale
Hospitals
Vakas has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
Banks
Vakas has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Ambarnath Jai-Hind Co-Op Bank Neral Branch
- Bank of Baroda Kalamb
- Bank of Baroda Neral, Raigad, Mumbai
- Central Bank of India Neral
- IDBI Bank Kolhare
Covered villages
Vakas Village Panchayat manages total 4 villages.