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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
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- LGD code
- 532799
- Pincode
- 444602
- Post office
- Amravati Camp
- Population
- 223
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Sex ratio
- 798 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 124
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 526 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 405 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kuram · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Asara · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarmaspur compares
By population, Sarmaspur ranks #89 of 137 villages in Bhatkuli mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.4%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Sarmaspur
- 79.4%
- Bhatkuli mandal
- 79.1%
- Amravati district
- 78.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
798
−152 vs mandal average
- Sarmaspur
- 798
- Bhatkuli mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Sarmaspur
- 4.1
- Bhatkuli mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarmaspur at a glance
Sarmaspur is a village of 223 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Bhatkuli taluka, Amravati district, Maharashtra, the 89th-largest of 137 villages in Bhatkuli taluka. Literacy is 79%, about the same as the taluka average of 79% and the sex ratio is 798 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Amravati district centre, 8 km from Chakur, the nearest town, 14 km from Kuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 444602, served by Amravati Camp post office; the LGD village code is 532799. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Asara, 5 km away. The village votes in Badnera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ravi Gangadhar Rana. The population is estimated at 263 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarmaspur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMRAVATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 134.98
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 131.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarmaspur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarmaspur
- LGD code
- 532799
- Pincode
- 444602
- Post office
- Amravati Camp
- Population (Census 2011)
- 223
- Population (projected 2026)
- 263
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 798
- Literacy rate
- 79.4%
- Coordinates
- 20.91226°N, 77.51498°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amravati
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Badnera
- Member of Parliament
- Balwant Wankhade
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ravi Gangadhar Rana
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatkuli
Getting there
How to reach Sarmaspur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai526 kmcapital
- Hyderabad405 km
- Delhi857 km
- Bengaluru883 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKuram14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Asara5 km
- ATM / bankFateh Manzil, Amravati Maharashtra23 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol pump- O S SHARMA20 km
- CollegeShivaji Horticulture College26 km
- Police stationKholapuri Gate Police station23 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 444602
- Bhatkuli Bhag 1Bhatkuli mandal8,361 pop
- Wathoda ShukleshwarBhatkuli mandal6,224 pop
- Kathora Bk.Amravati mandal3,468 pop
- Asara Bhag 1Bhatkuli mandal3,449 pop
- GanojadeviBhatkuli mandal2,396 pop
- SayatBhatkuli mandal2,238 pop
- UttamsaraBhatkuli mandal1,881 pop
- GanoriBhatkuli mandal1,862 pop
- DadhiBhatkuli mandal1,838 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)