# Yerkadi Village, Kurkheda, Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Kurkheda, Gadchiroli 

# Yerkadi

Yerkadi is a village in Kurkheda sub-district of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **430 people in 108 households**, the 69th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 430people (2011)
- 108households
- 75.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Yerkadi PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockKurkheda
- Census village code538666

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

## How far is Yerkadi from nearby towns?

- Kurkheda (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Gadchiroli (district HQ)86 km by road
- Desaiganj (nearest town)47 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 Yerkadi?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Yerkadi; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Purada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kurkheda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gadchiroli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Yerkadi known for?

About 11% of the 648 hectares of village land is sown, and 36 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 Yerkadi

Of every 100 households in Yerkadi in 2011, 70 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Yerkadi · ■ Kurkheda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**21%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****92%**

**87%

Television ****0%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**26%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Yerkadi?

■ Yerkadi · ■ Kurkheda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**977

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**956

Working population ****69.8%**

**58.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 68.9% for women. 69% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 287 (96%)

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

- Chandona479 people
- Warvi477 people
- Sawargaon460 people
- Wadhona432 people
- Salai Tola424 people
- Wagheda422 people
- Dameshwar420 people
- Chichtola415 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Yerkadi from Gadchiroli?86 km by road
- What is the population of Yerkadi?430 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Yerkadi in?Gadchiroli district (Kurkheda sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Yerkadi?75.2% (Census 2011)