# Kurwad Village, Shadhora, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shadhora, Ashoknagar 

# Kurwad

Kurwad is a village in Shadhora sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **27 people in 3 households**, the 96th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 27people (2011)
- 3households
- 33.3%literacy
- 688females per 1,000 males

## Kurwad PIN code and other codes

Kurwad falls in Shadhora sub-district, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshoknagar
- Census village code500606

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

## How far is Kurwad from nearby towns?

- Shadhora (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)15 km by road
- Ashoknagar (nearest town)15 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 Kurwad?

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

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Chirola
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raghogarh
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes

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 Kurwad known for?

The main crops are **urad, wheat and mustard**. About 75% of the 361 hectares of village land is sown, and 101 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 Kurwad

Of every 100 households in Kurwad in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurwad · ■ Shadhora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**64%

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

**13%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**14%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**34%

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 Kurwad?

■ Kurwad · ■ Shadhora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****33.3%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****688**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**929

Working population ****44.4%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.7% for men and 22.2% for women. 56% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (25%) · **■** Other work 3 (25%) · **■** Marginal 6 (50%)

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 Shadhora

- Hinotiya Khurd153 people
- Durweshi115 people
- Pahila80 people
- Salalpur38 people
- Hajipur11 people

[All 108 villages in Shadhora](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ashoknagar/shadhora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kurwad from Ashoknagar?15 km by road
- What is the population of Kurwad?27 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurwad in?Ashoknagar district (Shadhora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurwad?33.3% (Census 2011)