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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sindhutai Ananda Kamalekar
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- LGD code
- 544976
- Pincode
- 431808
- Post office
- Karkheli
- Population
- 872
- Households
- 219
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 484
- Distance to district centre
- 62 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 72 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 509 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 188 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karkheli · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Dharmabad · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Cholakha compares
By population, Cholakha ranks #34 of 55 villages in Dharmabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.9%
−4.1% vs mandal average
- Cholakha
- 56.9%
- Dharmabad mandal
- 61.0%
- Nanded district
- 65.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
−18 vs mandal average
- Cholakha
- 968
- Dharmabad mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.0
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Cholakha
- 4.0
- Dharmabad mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Cholakha at a glance
Cholakha is a village of 872 people in 219 households (Census 2011) in Dharmabad taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 34th-largest of 55 villages in Dharmabad taluka. Literacy is 57%, 4 points below the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Nanded district centre, 21 km from Naigaon, the nearest town, 5 km from Karkheli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431808, served by Karkheli post office; the LGD village code is 544976. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Dharmabad, 14 km away. The sarpanch is Sindhutai Ananda Kamalekar, and the village votes in Umarkhed assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kisan Maroti Wankhede. The population is estimated at 1,028 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Cholakha
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Dharmabad
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 466
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 434
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Cholakha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Cholakha
- LGD code
- 544976
- Pincode
- 431808
- Post office
- Karkheli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 872
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,028
- Households
- 219
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 56.9%
- Coordinates
- 18.90898°N, 77.71592°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hingoli
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Umarkhed
- Member of Parliament
- Nagesh Aashtikar Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kisan Maroti Wankhede
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sindhutai Ananda Kamalekar
- Block / Mandal
- Dharmabad
Getting there
How to reach Cholakha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai509 kmcapital
- Hyderabad188 km
- Bengaluru660 km
- Chennai703 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKarkheli5 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Dharmabad14 km
- ATM / bankBank of Maharashtra, Sagroli Branch24 km
- Petrol pumpHP27 km
- CollegeUshodaya Mahila Junior College33 km
- Police stationPolice Station34 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 431808
Villages near Cholakha
Other villages in Dharmabad mandal
View all 55+ →- Karkheli
- Jarikot
- Yetala
- Chikna
- Yeoti
- Atala
- Sirajkhed
- Dhanora Kh.
- Bachegaon
- Naigaon (D)
- Junni
- Bannali
- Salegaon (D)
- Patoda Bk.
- Mangnali
- Belur Bk.
- Karegaon
- Pimpalgaon
- Patoda Thadi
- Atkur
- Pangri
- Rajapur
- Babhali (D)
- Chondi
- Saikhed
- Elegaon
- Patoda Kh.
- Samrala
- Chincholi
- Babhulgaon.
- Aloor
- Roshangaon
- Belgujari
- Belur Kh.
- Shelgaon Thadi
- Vilegaon Thadi (Bk)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)