# Toranwadi Village, Chikhaldara, Amravati (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chikhaldara, Amravati 

# Toranwadi

Toranwadi is a village in Chikhaldara sub-district of Amravati district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 169 households**, the 44th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 890people (2011)
- 169households
- 69.9%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Toranwadi PIN code and other codes

Toranwadi falls in Chikhaldara sub-district, Amravati district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChikhaldara
- Census village code531644

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

## How far is Toranwadi from nearby towns?

- Chikhaldara (sub-district HQ)60 km by road
- Amravati (district HQ)103 km by road
- Achalpur (nearest town)90 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 Toranwadi?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Toranwadi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Churni
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Churni
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Paratwada
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 18 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 Toranwadi known for?

About 35% of the 678 hectares of village land is sown, and 156 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 Toranwadi

Of every 100 households in Toranwadi in 2011, 18 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Toranwadi · ■ Chikhaldara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**29%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****31%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****47%**

**43%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****69%**

**66%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Toranwadi?

■ Toranwadi · ■ Chikhaldara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****809**

**979

Working population ****50.1%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 62.2% for women. 47% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 425 (95%)

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 Chikhaldara

- Korda925 people
- Koylari904 people
- Baglinga897 people
- Sattiruipatha895 people
- Ambapati884 people
- Barugavhan859 people
- Bhiroja856 people
- Keli840 people

[All 193 villages in Chikhaldara](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/amravati/chikhaldara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Toranwadi from Amravati?103 km by road
- What is the population of Toranwadi?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Toranwadi in?Amravati district (Chikhaldara sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Toranwadi?69.9% (Census 2011)