# Wagholi Village, Chamorshi, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Chamorshi, Gadchiroli 

# Wagholi

Wagholi is a village in Chamorshi sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,559 people in 396 households**, the 23rd largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,559people (2011)
- 396households
- 71.4%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Wagholi PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockChamorshi
- Census village code539225

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

## How far is Wagholi from nearby towns?

- Chamorshi (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)50 km by road
- Mul (nearest town)16 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 Wagholi?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Wagholi; 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
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhendala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chamorshi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Wagholi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 959 hectares of village land is sown, and 307 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 Wagholi

Of every 100 households in Wagholi in 2011, 66 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Wagholi · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****77%**

**74%

Television ****15%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Wagholi?

■ Wagholi · ■ Chamorshi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**970

Working population ****71.4%**

**55.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 62.3% for women. 73% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 466 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 519 (47%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (4%) · **■** Marginal 74 (7%)

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

- Netajinagar1,650 people
- Thakari1,642 people
- Vasantpur1,623 people
- Farada1,561 people
- Jairampur1,556 people
- Ghargaon1,521 people
- Jamgiri1,479 people
- Durgapur1,445 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Wagholi from Gadchiroli?50 km by road
- What is the population of Wagholi?1,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Wagholi in?Gadchiroli district (Chamorshi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Wagholi?71.4% (Census 2011)
