# Hikker Village, Etapalli, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Etapalli, Gadchiroli 

# Hikker

Hikker is a village in Etapalli sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **45 people in 9 households**, the 181st largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 45people (2011)
- 9households
- 40.5%literacy
- 667females per 1,000 males

## Hikker PIN code and other codes

Hikker falls in Etapalli sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockEtapalli
- Census village code539592

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

## How far is Hikker from nearby towns?

- Etapalli (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)190 km by road
- Gadchiroli (nearest town)190 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 Hikker?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Hikker; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Hindur
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gardewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Etapalli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Hikker known for?

About 7% of the 123 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Hikker

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

■ Hikker · ■ Etapalli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****33%**

**84%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Hikker?

■ Hikker · ■ Etapalli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.5%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****667**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**970

Working population ****71.1%**

**54.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.9% for men and 37.5% for women. 67% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 29 (91%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (9%)

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 Etapalli

- Nainguda65 people
- Manjigad63 people
- Umargatta61 people
- Gumadi m56 people
- Nawegaon40 people
- Tumargunda Kh38 people
- Zurri32 people
- Kandoli19 people

[All 197 villages in Etapalli](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/etapalli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Hikker from Gadchiroli?190 km by road
- What is the population of Hikker?45 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Hikker in?Gadchiroli district (Etapalli sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Hikker?40.5% (Census 2011)