# Sorkhi Village, Garhakota, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Garhakota, Sagar 

# Sorkhi

Sorkhi is a village in Garhakota sub-district of Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **111 people in 32 households**, the 93rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 111people (2011)
- 32households
- 85.1%literacy
- 850females per 1,000 males

## Sorkhi PIN code and other codes

Sorkhi falls in Garhakota sub-district, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockRehli
- Census village code461048

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

## How far is Sorkhi from nearby towns?

- Garhakota (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Sagar (district HQ)49 km by road
- Garhakota (nearest town)4 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 Sorkhi?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Sorkhi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Garhakota
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)2 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 Sorkhi known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 95% of the 209 hectares of village land is sown, and 27 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 Sorkhi

Of every 100 households in Sorkhi in 2011, 69 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sorkhi · ■ Garhakota rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****6%**

**23%

Television ****0%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**40%

Own their home ****81%**

**96%

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 Sorkhi?

■ Sorkhi · ■ Garhakota rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.1%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****850**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****308**

**922

Working population ****43.2%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 72.3% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 12 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (75%)

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 Garhakota

- Gangapur161 people
- Pateriya135 people
- Khumeriya124 people
- Madiya Khurd120 people
- Manegaon109 people
- Bichuwa106 people
- Kanmadh76 people
- Berkheri Khurd67 people

[All 109 villages in Garhakota](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/sagar/garhakota/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sorkhi from Sagar?49 km by road
- What is the population of Sorkhi?111 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sorkhi in?Sagar district (Garhakota sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sorkhi?85.1% (Census 2011)