# Kherwa Village, Alirajpur, Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Alirajpur, Alirajpur 

# Kherwa

Kherwa is a village in Alirajpur sub-district of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **75 people in 11 households**, the 338th largest of 340 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 29.9%.

- 75people (2011)
- 11households
- 29.3%literacy
- 1,083females per 1,000 males

## Kherwa PIN code and other codes

Kherwa falls in Alirajpur sub-district, Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKattiwada
- Census village code505141

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

## How far is Kherwa from nearby towns?

- Alirajpur (sub-district HQ)58 km by road
- Alirajpur (district HQ)58 km by road
- Bhavra (nearest town)28 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 Kherwa?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Kherwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Sayada
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kattiwada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Alirajpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Alirajpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Kherwa known for?

The main crops are **makka, dhan and urad**. About 26% of the 77 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Kherwa

Of every 100 households in Kherwa in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kherwa · ■ Alirajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****100%**

**31%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****0%**

**64%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kherwa?

■ Kherwa · ■ Alirajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.3%**

**29.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083**

**1018

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**984

Working population ****50.7%**

**50.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.4% for men and 17.2% for women. 50% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 34 (89%) · **■** Marginal 4 (11%)

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 Alirajpur

- Dubkhadda118 people
- Bordabra93 people
- Panala90 people
- Satpal81 people
- Kakadsela49 people
- Bilghata43 people

[All 344 villages in Alirajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/alirajpur/alirajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kherwa from Alirajpur?58 km by road
- What is the population of Kherwa?75 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherwa in?Alirajpur district (Alirajpur sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kherwa?29.3% (Census 2011)