# Gaharawan Village, Chandla, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chandla, Chhatarpur 

# Gaharawan

Gaharawan is a village in Chandla sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **544 people in 99 households**, the 59th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 544people (2011)
- 99households
- 50.5%literacy
- 869females per 1,000 males

## Gaharawan PIN code and other codes

Gaharawan falls in Chandla sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLaundi
- Census village code457601

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

## How far is Gaharawan from nearby towns?

- Chandla (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)93 km by road
- Chandla (nearest town)9 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 Gaharawan?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Lodi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Laundi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nowgong
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Gaharawan known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and jawar**. About 48% of the 215 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 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 Gaharawan

Of every 100 households in Gaharawan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gaharawan · ■ Chandla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**11%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****2%**

**38%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gaharawan?

■ Gaharawan · ■ Chandla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****869**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1073**

**905

Working population ****80.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 35.9% for women. 82% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 288 (66%)

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 Chandla

- Khodha664 people
- Parmajhor573 people
- Bairagiya Pukhari560 people
- Kamalpurwa550 people
- Simrahi525 people
- Tiktai515 people
- Binamak Har509 people
- Salaiya500 people

[All 87 villages in Chandla](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/chandla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gaharawan from Chhatarpur?93 km by road
- What is the population of Gaharawan?544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaharawan in?Chhatarpur district (Chandla sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaharawan?50.5% (Census 2011)