# Maler Chak Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Maler Chak

Maler Chak is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **696 people in 173 households**, the 89th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 696people (2011)
- 173households
- 66.5%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Maler Chak PIN code and other codes

Maler Chak falls in Chamorshi sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539261

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

## How far is Maler Chak from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)27 km by road
- Gadchiroli (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 Maler Chak?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Maler Chak; 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
- ●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 · Kunghada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chamorshi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○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 marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Maler Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 61% of the 192 hectares of village land is sown, and -36 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 Maler Chak

Of every 100 households in Maler Chak in 2011, 84 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maler Chak · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**79%

Tap water ****19%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****98%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****81%**

**74%

Television ****20%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maler Chak?

■ Maler Chak · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****691**

**970

Working population ****58.3%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 60.8% for women. 62% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 172 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (17%) · **■** Other work 22 (5%) · **■** Marginal 142 (35%)

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

- Kardel Tola730 people
- Made Amgaon706 people
- Visapur Raiyyatwari703 people
- Mangigaon697 people
- Kadholi695 people
- Palaspur692 people
- Navargaon689 people
- Bhadbhidi Mokasa669 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Maler Chak from Gadchiroli?27 km by road
- What is the population of Maler Chak?696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maler Chak in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Maler Chak?66.5% (Census 2011)