# Yerkheda Village, Chimur, Chandrapur (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Chimur, Chandrapur 

# Yerkheda

Yerkheda is a village in Chimur sub-district of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **718 people in 179 households**, the 68th largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.4%.

- 718people (2011)
- 179households
- 80.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Yerkheda PIN code and other codes

Yerkheda falls in Chimur sub-district, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChimur
- Census village code540427

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

## How far is Yerkheda from nearby towns?

- Chimur (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Chandrapur (district HQ)110 km by road
- Warora (nearest town)63 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 Yerkheda?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Yerkheda; 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
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mahalgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chimur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chimur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Yerkheda known for?

About 89% of the 216 hectares of village land is sown, and 178 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 Yerkheda

Of every 100 households in Yerkheda in 2011, 86 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Yerkheda · ■ Chimur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**73%

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

**30%

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

**69%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**13%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****92%**

**69%

Television ****46%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Yerkheda?

■ Yerkheda · ■ Chimur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**77.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**960

Working population ****61.1%**

**56.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 72.0% for women. 61% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 7 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%) · **■** Marginal 415 (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 Chimur

- Gadpipari744 people
- Nandara734 people
- Kitadi Tukum730 people
- Masal Tukum722 people
- Khairi704 people
- Bhiwkund697 people
- Shivan Payali697 people
- Manemohadi688 people

[All 259 villages in Chimur](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/chandrapur/chimur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Yerkheda from Chandrapur?110 km by road
- What is the population of Yerkheda?718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yerkheda in?Chandrapur district (Chimur sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Yerkheda?80.5% (Census 2011)