Village · Meghnagar, Jhabua
# Pawagoi Chhoti

Pawagoi Chhoti is a village in Meghnagar sub-district of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,489 people in 242 households, the 39th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 39.3%.
- 1,489 people (2011)
- 242 households
- 36.0% literacy
- 959 females per 1,000 males

## Pawagoi Chhoti PIN code and other codes

Pawagoi Chhoti falls in Meghnagar sub-district, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Meghnagar
- Census village code 504478

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Pawagoi Chhoti from nearby towns?
- Meghnagar (sub-district HQ) 25 km by road
- Jhabua (district HQ) 41 km by road
- Thandla (nearest town) 10 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Pawagoi Chhoti?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Dholybad
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Thandla
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jhabua
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pawagoi Chhoti known for?

The main crops are makka, cotton and wheat. About 58% of the 279 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Pawagoi Chhoti

Of every 100 households in Pawagoi Chhoti in 2011, 63 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pawagoi Chhoti · ■ Meghnagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 63% 44%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 3%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 16% 35%
- Television 1% 4%
- Mobile phone 6% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 72% 70%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Pawagoi Chhoti?

■ Pawagoi Chhoti · ■ Meghnagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 36.0% 39.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 959 983
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1114 924
- Working population 49.8% 50.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.2% for men and 23.7% for women. 49% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 399 (54%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 11 (1%) · ■ Marginal 330 (45%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Meghnagar
- Mandli 1,519 people
- Patra 1,505 people
- Mahuda 1,500 people
- Sajeli Malji Sath 1,494 people
- Gopalpura 1,467 people
- Agral 1,442 people
- Sajeli Teja Bhimjisath 1,436 people
- Ghosaliya Bada 1,414 people

All 110 villages in Meghnagar

## Quick answers
- How far is Pawagoi Chhoti from Jhabua? 41 km by road
- What is the population of Pawagoi Chhoti? 1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pawagoi Chhoti in? Jhabua district (Meghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pawagoi Chhoti? 36.0% (Census 2011)

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