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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Khemlata Deochand Mane
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- LGD code
- 536819
- Pincode
- 441912
- Post office
- Tumsar
- Population
- 1,138
- Households
- 245
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 475
- Distance to district centre
- 45 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 760 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 473 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chicholi · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-District Hospital Tumsar · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chicholi compares
By population, Chicholi ranks #42 of 107 villages in Mohadi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.2%
−1.9% vs mandal average
Chicholi72.2%
Mohadi mandal74.1%
Bhandara district75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+8 vs mandal average
Chicholi986
Mohadi mandal978
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
Chicholi4.6
Mohadi mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chicholi at a glance
Chicholi is a village of 1,138 people in 245 households (Census 2011) in Mohadi taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 42nd-largest of 107 villages in Mohadi taluka. Literacy is 72%, 2 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Bhandara district centre, 12 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 1 km from Chicholi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441912, served by Tumsar post office; the LGD village code is 536819. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-District Hospital Tumsar, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Khemlata Deochand Mane, and the village votes in Tumsar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Karemore Raju Manikrao. The population is estimated at 1,342 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chicholi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bhandara
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 334.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.01
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chicholi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chicholi
- LGD code
- 536819
- Pincode
- 441912
- Post office
- Tumsar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,138
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,342
- Households
- 245
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 72.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.47878°N, 79.70202°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhandara-Gondiya
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tumsar
- Member of Parliament
- Prashant Padole
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Karemore Raju Manikrao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Khemlata Deochand Mane
- Block / Mandal
- Mohadi
Getting there
How to reach Chicholi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai760 kmcapital
- Hyderabad473 km
- Delhi832 km
- Kolkata901 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChicholi1 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-District Hospital Tumsar12 km
- ATM / bankBank Of India27 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump15 km
- CollegeJ M Patel College - Department of Management36 km
- Police stationPolice Station Mauda49 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)