# Sonewadi Village, Chikhli, Buldana (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Chikhli, Buldana 

# Sonewadi

Sonewadi is a village in Chikhli sub-district of Buldana district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,454 people in 316 households**, the 61st largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.6%.

- 1,454people (2011)
- 316households
- 82.1%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Sonewadi PIN code and other codes

Sonewadi falls in Chikhli sub-district, Buldana district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChikhli
- Census village code529179

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

## How far is Sonewadi from nearby towns?

- Chikhli (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Buldana (district HQ)21 km by road
- Chikhli (nearest town)12 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 Sonewadi?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 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 school10+ km · Chikhli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chikhli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chikhli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 14 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 Sonewadi known for?

About 87% of the 922 hectares of village land is sown, and 791 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 Sonewadi

Of every 100 households in Sonewadi in 2011, 84 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonewadi · ■ Chikhli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**75%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****48%**

**60%

Television ****36%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Sonewadi?

■ Sonewadi · ■ Chikhli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**82.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**827

Working population ****57.8%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 71.5% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 322 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 462 (55%) · **■** Other work 48 (6%) · **■** Marginal 9 (1%)

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 Chikhli

- Amkhed1,518 people
- Diwathana1,497 people
- Kinhi Sawadad1,497 people
- Sakegaon1,481 people
- Shelodi1,412 people
- Berala1,395 people
- Warkhed1,393 people
- Toranwada1,357 people

[All 145 villages in Chikhli](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/buldana/chikhli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sonewadi from Buldana?21 km by road
- What is the population of Sonewadi?1,454 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonewadi in?Buldana district (Chikhli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Sonewadi?82.1% (Census 2011)