# Sorchapada Village, Akkalkuwa, Nandurbar (Maharashtra) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/nandurbar/akkalkuwa/sorchapada/ Village · Akkalkuwa, Nandurbar # Sorchapada Sorchapada is a village in Akkalkuwa sub-district of Nandurbar district, Maharashtra, PIN code **425452**. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 276 households**, the 50th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%. - 1,489people (2011) - 276households - 66.5%literacy - 425452PIN code ## Sorchapada PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sorchapada is 425452.** Sorchapada falls in Akkalkuwa sub-district, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra. - PIN code425452 - Community development blockAkkalkuwa - Census village code525045 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sorchapada from nearby towns? - Akkalkuwa (sub-district HQ)34 km by road - Nandurbar (district HQ)84 km by road - Talode (nearest town)33 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 Sorchapada? 9 services counted by the Census are inside Sorchapada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Molagi - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Molagi - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Akkalkuwa - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 16 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 Sorchapada known for? The main crops are **maize, jowar and urad**. About 77% of the 303 hectares of village land is sown, and 233 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 Sorchapada Of every 100 households in Sorchapada in 2011, 31 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Sorchapada · ■ Akkalkuwa rural average Electricity for lighting ****31%** **30% Toilet within the home ****9%** **12% No toilet (open defecation) ****91%** **86% Tap water ****4%** **13% Drinking water within premises ****13%** **18% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%** **98% Use banking services ****19%** **23% Television ****5%** **6% Mobile phone ****16%** **11% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****1%** **3% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****71%** **77% Own their home ****98%** **96% 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 Sorchapada? ■ Sorchapada · ■ Akkalkuwa rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%** **58.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083** **995 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1218** **949 Working population ****44.7%** **48.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 76.0% for men and 57.5% for women. 48% of men and 41% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 118 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (5%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 480 (72%) 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 Akkalkuwa - Pandhramati1,533 people - Kolavimal1,524 people - Jamana1,521 people - Jamali1,517 people - Thanavihir1,483 people - Talamba1,472 people - Kuwa1,436 people - Nawa Nagarmutha1,429 people [All 190 villages in Akkalkuwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/nandurbar/akkalkuwa/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sorchapada?425452 - How far is Sorchapada from Nandurbar?84 km by road - What is the population of Sorchapada?1,489 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sorchapada in?Nandurbar district (Akkalkuwa sub-district), Maharashtra - What is the literacy rate of Sorchapada?66.5% (Census 2011)