# Rekhegaon Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Rekhegaon

Rekhegaon is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **563 people in 137 households**, the 112th largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 563people (2011)
- 137households
- 66.6%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Rekhegaon PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539349

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

## How far is Rekhegaon from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)46 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town)46 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 Rekhegaon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Rekhegaon; 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 · Amgaon
- ○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 waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 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 Rekhegaon known for?

About 32% of the 954 hectares of village land is sown, and 94 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 Rekhegaon

Of every 100 households in Rekhegaon in 2011, 47 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rekhegaon · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**70%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**25%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****61%**

**74%

Television ****14%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Rekhegaon?

■ Rekhegaon · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**970

Working population ****60.6%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 53.9% for women. 61% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (38%) · **■** Household industry 23 (7%) · **■** Other work 27 (8%) · **■** Marginal 56 (16%)

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

- Amboli582 people
- Chandeshwar579 people
- Chaudampalli578 people
- Navgram578 people
- Chandankhedi559 people
- Kanhalgaon555 people
- Haladiwahi548 people
- Rashmipur541 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Rekhegaon from Gadchiroli?46 km by road
- What is the population of Rekhegaon?563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rekhegaon in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Rekhegaon?66.6% (Census 2011)