# Dameshwar Village, Kurkheda, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)

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Village · Kurkheda, Gadchiroli 

# Dameshwar

Dameshwar is a village in Kurkheda sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **420 people in 75 households**, the 72nd largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 420people (2011)
- 75households
- 80.2%literacy
- 1,039females per 1,000 males

## Dameshwar PIN code and other codes

Dameshwar falls in Kurkheda sub-district, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKurkheda
- Census village code538712

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

## How far is Dameshwar from nearby towns?

- Kurkheda (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)63 km by road
- Desaiganj (nearest town)55 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 Dameshwar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Dameshwar; 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Malewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Brampuri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kurkheda
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Dameshwar known for?

About 17% of the 1,005 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 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 Dameshwar

Of every 100 households in Dameshwar in 2011, 59 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dameshwar · ■ Kurkheda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**21%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****99%**

**87%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Dameshwar?

■ Dameshwar · ■ Kurkheda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1290**

**956

Working population ****58.3%**

**58.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 72.4% for women. 63% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (8%) · **■** Other work 12 (5%) · **■** Marginal 143 (58%)

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 Kurkheda

- Wadhona432 people
- Yerkadi430 people
- Salai Tola424 people
- Wagheda422 people
- Chichtola415 people
- Lawari404 people
- Fari385 people
- Dongargaon379 people

[All 127 villages in Kurkheda](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gadchiroli/kurkheda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Dameshwar from Gadchiroli?63 km by road
- What is the population of Dameshwar?420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dameshwar in?Gadchiroli district (Kurkheda sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Dameshwar?80.2% (Census 2011)