# Gondhankheda Village, Jafferabad, Jalna (Maharashtra)

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Village · Jafferabad, Jalna 

# Gondhankheda

Gondhankheda is a village in Jafferabad sub-district of Jalna district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,072 people in 226 households**, the 59th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,072people (2011)
- 226households
- 78.7%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Gondhankheda PIN code and other codes

Gondhankheda falls in Jafferabad sub-district, Jalna district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockJafferabad
- Census village code547502

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

## How far is Gondhankheda from nearby towns?

- Jafferabad (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Jalna (district HQ)60 km by road
- Deulgaon Raja (nearest town)20 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 Gondhankheda?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Gondhankheda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jafferabad
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Jafferabad
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Jafferabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 15 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 Gondhankheda known for?

About 94% of the 704 hectares of village land is sown, and 605 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 Gondhankheda

Of every 100 households in Gondhankheda in 2011, 58 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gondhankheda · ■ Jafferabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**60%

Tap water ****86%**

**61%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**40%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**69%

Television ****23%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**31%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Gondhankheda?

■ Gondhankheda · ■ Jafferabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**847

Working population ****53.0%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 68.6% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (50%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 27 (5%)

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 Jafferabad

- Bhatodi1,093 people
- Sawarkheda Gondhan1,083 people
- Kumbhari1,075 people
- Nimkheda Bk.1,073 people
- Sanjol1,070 people
- Ghankheda1,047 people
- Dahigaon1,040 people
- Sawasani977 people

[All 101 villages in Jafferabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/jalna/jafferabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gondhankheda from Jalna?60 km by road
- What is the population of Gondhankheda?1,072 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gondhankheda in?Jalna district (Jafferabad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Gondhankheda?78.7% (Census 2011)