# Chatwa Village, Pandhurna, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Pandhurna, Chhindwara 

# Chatwa

Chatwa is a village in Pandhurna sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,435 people in 322 households**, the 24th largest of 159 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,435people (2011)
- 322households
- 70.1%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Chatwa PIN code and other codes

Chatwa falls in Pandhurna sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPandhurna
- Census village code495534

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

## How far is Chatwa from nearby towns?

- Pandhurna (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)89 km by road
- Pandhurna (nearest town)17 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 Chatwa?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sirada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pandhurna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pandhurna
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Chatwa known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, jawar and wheat**. About 75% of the 599 hectares of village land is sown, and 196 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 Chatwa

Of every 100 households in Chatwa in 2011, 63 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chatwa · ■ Pandhurna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**89%

Tap water ****20%**

**44%

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

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**39%

Television ****25%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**47%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Chatwa?

■ Chatwa · ■ Pandhurna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**977

Working population ****60.9%**

**54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 60.9% for women. 62% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 286 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (6%) · **■** Other work 12 (1%) · **■** Marginal 520 (59%)

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 Pandhurna

- Pardi1,646 people
- Nandanwadi Mal.1,555 people
- Kamthi Kalan1,440 people
- Temni1,438 people
- Boghiya1,394 people
- Ajangaon1,352 people
- Khairipaika1,343 people
- Bhuli1,310 people

[All 169 villages in Pandhurna](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/pandhurna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chatwa from Chhindwara?89 km by road
- What is the population of Chatwa?1,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chatwa in?Chhindwara district (Pandhurna sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chatwa?70.1% (Census 2011)