Village · Punasa, Khandwa
# Gordiya

Gordiya is a village in Punasa sub-district of Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,999 people in 423 households, the 23rd largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.
- 1,999 people (2011)
- 423 households
- 73.6% literacy
- 943 females per 1,000 males

## Gordiya PIN code and other codes

Gordiya falls in Punasa sub-district, Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Punasa
- Census village code 506057

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

## How far is Gordiya from nearby towns?
- Punasa (sub-district HQ) 30 km by road
- Khandwa (district HQ) 40 km by road
- Mundi (nearest town) 8 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Gordiya?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Gordiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Beed
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Khandwa
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Khandwa
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Railway station under 5 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 6 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gordiya known for?

The main crops are soyabean, cotton and wheat. About 77% of the 1,046 hectares of village land is sown, and 331 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gordiya

Of every 100 households in Gordiya in 2011, 76 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gordiya · ■ Punasa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 76% 76%
- Toilet within the home 33% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 65% 78%
- Tap water 61% 29%
- Drinking water within premises 39% 21%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 92%
- Use banking services 65% 55%
- Television 18% 24%
- Mobile phone 32% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 14%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 46% 44%
- Own their home 98% 92%

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

## What is the population of Gordiya?

■ Gordiya · ■ Punasa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.6% 64.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 943 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 959 932
- Working population 40.7% 49.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 62.2% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 433 (53%) · ■ Farm labourers 343 (42%) · ■ Other work 30 (4%) · ■ Marginal 8 (1%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Punasa
- Jamkota 2,341 people
- Jalwa Buzurg 2,200 people
- Bhagwanpura 2,080 people
- Gunjali 2,022 people
- Chikdhaliya 1,961 people
- Khutla Kalan 1,923 people
- Kelwa Khurd 1,905 people
- Chhalpa Khurd 1,897 people

All 165 villages in Punasa

## Quick answers
- How far is Gordiya from Khandwa? 40 km by road
- What is the population of Gordiya? 1,999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gordiya in? Khandwa district (Punasa sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gordiya? 73.6% (Census 2011)

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