# Tukum Village, Dhanora, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Dhanora, Gadchiroli 

# Tukum

Tukum is a village in Dhanora sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 157 households**, the 38th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 565people (2011)
- 157households
- 69.8%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Tukum PIN code and other codes

Tukum falls in Dhanora sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDhanora
- Census village code538994

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

## How far is Tukum from nearby towns?

- Dhanora (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)41 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town)38 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 Tukum?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Tukum; 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
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 · Dhanora
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Dhanora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Tukum known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 16% of the 1,031 hectares of village land is sown, and 160 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 Tukum

Of every 100 households in Tukum in 2011, 37 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tukum · ■ Dhanora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**45%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

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

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****96%**

**78%

Television ****8%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

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 Tukum?

■ Tukum · ■ Dhanora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****633**

**972

Working population ****44.4%**

**58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 56.6% for women. 71% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (35%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 16 (6%)

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 Dhanora

- Chicholi587 people
- Chavela580 people
- Pekin Mudza575 people
- Kondawahi572 people
- Kanhalgaon564 people
- Kosami560 people
- Paidi535 people
- Katezari513 people

[All 228 villages in Dhanora](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/dhanora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tukum from Gadchiroli?41 km by road
- What is the population of Tukum?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tukum in?Gadchiroli district (Dhanora sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Tukum?69.8% (Census 2011)