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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sushant Sardar Lilhare
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- LGD code
- 536861
- Pincode
- 441912
- Post office
- Tumsar
- Population
- 695
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Sex ratio
- 878 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 741 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 448 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khat · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Yash Multi-Speciality Hospital · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chorkhamari compares
By population, Chorkhamari ranks #74 of 107 villages in Mohadi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.6%
−9.5% vs mandal average
Chorkhamari64.6%
Mohadi mandal74.1%
Bhandara district75.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
878
−100 vs mandal average
Chorkhamari878
Mohadi mandal978
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
Chorkhamari4.6
Mohadi mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chorkhamari at a glance
Chorkhamari is a village of 695 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Mohadi taluka, Bhandara district, Maharashtra, the 74th-largest of 107 villages in Mohadi taluka. Literacy is 65%, 10 points below the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 878 women per 1,000 men. It lies 27 km from the Bhandara district centre, 13 km from Malegaon, the nearest town, 5 km from Khat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441912, served by Tumsar post office; the LGD village code is 536861. The nearest hospital or health centre is Yash Multi-Speciality Hospital, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Sushant Sardar Lilhare, and the village votes in Tumsar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Karemore Raju Manikrao. The population is estimated at 819 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorkhamari · this village | 695 | 65% | — |
| Khutsavari · Bhandara | — | — | 2.3 km NE |
| Khutsawari · Mohadi | 1,307 | 70% | 2.3 km NE |
| Boda · Tirora | 2,008 | 78% | 2.8 km S |
| Pandharabodi · Mohadi | 1,074 | 71% | 3.7 km NW |
| Mandesar · Mohadi | 1,771 | 68% | 3.8 km E |
| Tanda · Gondiya | 2,782 | 76% | 4 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chorkhamari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Bhandara
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 325.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- -17.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.69
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chorkhamari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chorkhamari
- LGD code
- 536861
- Pincode
- 441912
- Post office
- Tumsar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 695
- Population (projected 2026)
- 819
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 878
- Literacy rate
- 64.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.28197°N, 79.58170°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
- Sushant Sardar Lilhare
- Block / Mandal
- Mohadi
Getting there
How to reach Chorkhamari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai741 kmcapital
- Hyderabad448 km
- Delhi850 km
- Chennai915 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhat5 km
- Bus stopNimkheda Bus Stop18 km
- Hospital / PHCYash Multi-Speciality Hospital10 km
- ATM / bankICICI BANK8 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump12 km
- CollegeJ M Patel College - Department of Management15 km
- Police stationPolice Station Mauda24 km
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-28
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)