# Ghargaon Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Ghargaon

Ghargaon is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,521 people in 344 households**, the 25th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,521people (2011)
- 344households
- 69.7%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Ghargaon PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539218

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

## How far is Ghargaon from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)50 km by road
- Mul (nearest town)14 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 Ghargaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 school5–10 km · Bhendala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chamorshi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nagpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, 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 Ghargaon known for?

About 75% of the 907 hectares of village land is sown, and 181 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 Ghargaon

Of every 100 households in Ghargaon in 2011, 53 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ghargaon · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**79%

Tap water ****15%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**25%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**89%

Use banking services ****67%**

**74%

Television ****18%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ghargaon?

■ Ghargaon · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1096**

**970

Working population ****62.3%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 60.6% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 385 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 309 (33%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 41 (4%) · **■** Marginal 208 (22%)

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

- Vasantpur1,623 people
- Farada1,561 people
- Wagholi1,559 people
- Jairampur1,556 people
- Jamgiri1,479 people
- Durgapur1,445 people
- Gilgaon1,437 people
- Jaynagar1,412 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Ghargaon from Gadchiroli?50 km by road
- What is the population of Ghargaon?1,521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghargaon in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Ghargaon?69.7% (Census 2011)