# Fokurdi Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Fokurdi

Fokurdi is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,240 people in 285 households**, the 36th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,240people (2011)
- 285households
- 75.8%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Fokurdi PIN code and other codes

Fokurdi falls in Chamorshi sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539227

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

## How far is Fokurdi from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)41 km by road
- Mul (nearest town)22 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 Fokurdi?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 · Bhendala
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Chamorshi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Fokurdi known for?

The main crops are **paddy and rice**. About 89% of the 563 hectares of village land is sown, and 219 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 Fokurdi

Of every 100 households in Fokurdi in 2011, 75 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Fokurdi · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**70%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****71%**

**74%

Television ****24%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**91%

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 Fokurdi?

■ Fokurdi · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**970

Working population ****62.6%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 65.9% for women. 66% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 244 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (24%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (6%) · **■** Marginal 285 (37%)

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 Chamorshi

- Saganapur1,321 people
- Krishnanagar1,314 people
- Gauripur1,301 people
- Kanholi1,245 people
- Vikaspalli1,212 people
- Maler Mal1,208 people
- Ramala1,201 people
- Bahadupur1,175 people

[All 203 villages in Chamorshi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/chamorshi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Fokurdi from Gadchiroli?41 km by road
- What is the population of Fokurdi?1,240 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fokurdi in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Fokurdi?75.8% (Census 2011)