# Porkhi Village, Shadhora, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shadhora, Ashoknagar 

# Porkhi

Porkhi is a village in Shadhora sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **210 people in 36 households**, the 86th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 210people (2011)
- 36households
- 59.0%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Porkhi PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockAshoknagar
- Census village code500577

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

## How far is Porkhi from nearby towns?

- Shadhora (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)28 km by road
- Ashoknagar (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 Porkhi?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○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 waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Porkhi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, chana and chana**. About 91% of the 214 hectares of village land is sown, and 59 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 Porkhi

Of every 100 households in Porkhi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 50 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Porkhi · ■ Shadhora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**14%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****100%**

**36%

Television ****67%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****50%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Porkhi?

■ Porkhi · ■ Shadhora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**929

Working population ****40.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 49.4% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 31 (36%) · **■** Other work 7 (8%) · **■** Marginal 47 (55%)

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

- Semri Ahir247 people
- Jhagar246 people
- Khanpur245 people
- Bijaypura Nai Saray225 people
- Silawan173 people
- Behata170 people
- Gundar168 people
- Mehmuda160 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Porkhi from Ashoknagar?28 km by road
- What is the population of Porkhi?210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Porkhi in?Ashoknagar district (Shadhora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Porkhi?59.0% (Census 2011)