# Chicholi Village, Bhadravati, Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

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Village · Bhadravati, Chandrapur 

# Chicholi

Chicholi is a village in Bhadravati sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **450 people in 130 households**, the 70th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%.

- 450people (2011)
- 130households
- 70.1%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Chicholi PIN code and other codes

Chicholi falls in Bhadravati sub-district, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockBhadravati
- Census village code541197

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

## How far is Chicholi from nearby towns?

- Bhadravati (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)49 km by road
- Bhadravati (nearest town)27 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 Chicholi?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhadravati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhadravati
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- 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 Chicholi known for?

About 73% of the 986 hectares of village land is sown, and 635 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 Chicholi

Of every 100 households in Chicholi in 2011, 62 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chicholi · ■ Bhadravati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

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

**36%

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

**22%

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

**74%

Use banking services ****95%**

**78%

Television ****12%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****56%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**88%

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 Chicholi?

■ Chicholi · ■ Bhadravati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**80.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**936

Working population ****34.9%**

**52.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 116 (74%)

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 Bhadravati

- Kansa Shirpur473 people
- Katwal Bhagat473 people
- Kondegaon Mal464 people
- Nunhara455 people
- Khutwanda Dixit434 people
- Saiwan430 people
- Ranatalodhi415 people
- Thorana403 people

[All 154 villages in Bhadravati](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/chandrapur/bhadravati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chicholi from Chandrapur?49 km by road
- What is the population of Chicholi?450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chicholi in?Chandrapur district (Bhadravati sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Chicholi?70.1% (Census 2011)