# Kurhad Village, Karanja, Washim (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Karanja, Washim 

# Kurhad

Kurhad is a village in Karanja sub-district of Washim district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **156 people in 36 households**, the 123rd largest of 133 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.5%.

- 156people (2011)
- 36households
- 91.1%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Kurhad PIN code and other codes

Kurhad falls in Karanja sub-district, Washim district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockKaranja
- Census village code530879

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

## How far is Kurhad from nearby towns?

- Karanja (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Washim (district HQ)86 km by road
- Karanja (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 Kurhad?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kurhad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kamargaon
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kamargaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Amravati
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river
- 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 Kurhad known for?

About 91% of the 305 hectares of village land is sown, and 278 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 Kurhad

Of every 100 households in Kurhad in 2011, 96 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurhad · ■ Karanja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**57%

Tap water ****29%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**38%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****57%**

**62%

Television ****32%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**42%

Own their home ****93%**

**95%

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 Kurhad?

■ Kurhad · ■ Karanja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.1%**

**85.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**926

Working population ****51.3%**

**47.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 87.0% for women. 65% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 39 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (51%)

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 Karanja

- Jamthi Kh.261 people
- Babapur250 people
- Gangapur194 people
- Waki163 people
- Ganeshpur147 people
- Majalapur118 people
- Ajampur107 people
- Aurangapur76 people

[All 167 villages in Karanja](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/washim/karanja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kurhad from Washim?86 km by road
- What is the population of Kurhad?156 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurhad in?Washim district (Karanja sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kurhad?91.1% (Census 2011)