# Amajhiri Village, Chaurai, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chaurai, Chhindwara 

# Amajhiri

Amajhiri is a village in Chaurai sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,024 people in 208 households**, the 67th largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,024people (2011)
- 208households
- 57.7%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Amajhiri PIN code and other codes

Amajhiri falls in Chaurai sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChaurai
- Census village code494330

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

## How far is Amajhiri from nearby towns?

- Chaurai (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)48 km by road
- Chaurai Khas (nearest town)13 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 Amajhiri?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ 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

### 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 Amajhiri known for?

About 66% of the 423 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Amajhiri

Of every 100 households in Amajhiri in 2011, 67 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Amajhiri · ■ Chaurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****55%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**15%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**46%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Amajhiri?

■ Amajhiri · ■ Chaurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.7%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****778**

**941

Working population ****54.8%**

**48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 47.1% for women. 58% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 260 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 266 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 20 (4%)

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 Chaurai

- Nilkanthi Khurd1,039 people
- Ramgarh1,039 people
- Khirkhiri1,037 people
- Dilawar Mohgaon1,033 people
- Hivara Kalan1,016 people
- Mohgaon Kalan983 people
- Chandan Gaon956 people
- Singodi953 people

[All 190 villages in Chaurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/chaurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Amajhiri from Chhindwara?48 km by road
- What is the population of Amajhiri?1,024 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amajhiri in?Chhindwara district (Chaurai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amajhiri?57.7% (Census 2011)