# Sajwa Village, Amarwara, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Amarwara, Chhindwara 

# Sajwa

Sajwa is a village in Amarwara sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,541 people in 273 households**, the 19th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,541people (2011)
- 273households
- 42.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Sajwa PIN code and other codes

Sajwa falls in Amarwara sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAmarwara
- Census village code493885

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

## How far is Sajwa from nearby towns?

- Amarwara (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)67 km by road
- Amarwara (nearest town)22 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 Sajwa?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sajwa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ghoghari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Amarwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○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) shop10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Sajwa known for?

The main crops are **wheat, soyabean and chana**. About 62% of the 815 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 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 Sajwa

Of every 100 households in Sajwa in 2011, 58 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sajwa · ■ Amarwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**66%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**54%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****80%**

**51%

Own their home ****97%**

**94%

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 Sajwa?

■ Sajwa · ■ Amarwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.7%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**970

Working population ****59.1%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.5% for men and 34.8% for women. 57% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 203 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (7%) · **■** Other work 11 (1%) · **■** Marginal 634 (70%)

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 Amarwara

- Sukhari Kalan1,850 people
- Borimal1,760 people
- Dhoda Kuhi1,667 people
- Manegaon1,638 people
- Jungawada1,537 people
- Babai1,530 people
- Markawada1,515 people
- Lakhanwada1,488 people

[All 150 villages in Amarwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/amarwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sajwa from Chhindwara?67 km by road
- What is the population of Sajwa?1,541 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sajwa in?Chhindwara district (Amarwara sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sajwa?42.7% (Census 2011)