# Goregaon Village, Sindkhed Raja, Buldana (Maharashtra)

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Village · Sindkhed Raja, Buldana 

# Goregaon

Goregaon is a village in Sindkhed Raja sub-district of Buldana district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,461 people in 319 households**, the 30th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.6%.

- 1,461people (2011)
- 319households
- 83.5%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Goregaon PIN code and other codes

Goregaon falls in Sindkhed Raja sub-district, Buldana district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockSindkhed Raja
- Census village code529407

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

## How far is Goregaon from nearby towns?

- Sindkhed Raja (sub-district HQ)55 km by road
- Buldana (district HQ)65 km by road
- Mehkar (nearest town)26 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 Goregaon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Goregaon; 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 schoolunder 5 km · Sakharkhedi
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sakhar Khedi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chikhali
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Goregaon known for?

About 83% of the 653 hectares of village land is sown, and 480 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 Goregaon

Of every 100 households in Goregaon in 2011, 73 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Goregaon · ■ Sindkhed Raja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**79%

Tap water ****47%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**79%

Television ****37%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**31%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Goregaon?

■ Goregaon · ■ Sindkhed Raja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**79.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**787

Working population ****53.6%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 72.8% for women. 54% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 488 (62%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 87 (11%) · **■** Marginal 13 (2%)

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 Sindkhed Raja

- Soyandeo1,556 people
- Kumbefal1,513 people
- Sathegaon1,501 people
- Mohadi1,466 people
- Dattapur1,453 people
- Keshav Shivani1,450 people
- Jalgaon1,418 people
- Khairav1,403 people

[All 113 villages in Sindkhed Raja](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/buldana/sindkhed-raja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Goregaon from Buldana?65 km by road
- What is the population of Goregaon?1,461 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goregaon in?Buldana district (Sindkhed Raja sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Goregaon?83.5% (Census 2011)