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- LGD code
- 534523
- Pincode
- 442307
- Post office
- Wadner
- Population
- 1,212
- Households
- 289
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 845 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 682
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 79 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 589 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 440 km
- Nearest railway station
- Morshi · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arpan Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Yerla compares
By population, Yerla ranks #30 of 187 villages in Hinganghat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
−2.1% vs mandal average
Yerla72.7%
Hinganghat mandal74.8%
Wardha district78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
845
−87 vs mandal average
Yerla845
Hinganghat mandal932
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
Yerla4.2
Hinganghat mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Yerla at a glance
Yerla is a village of 1,212 people in 289 households (Census 2011) in Hinganghat taluka, Wardha district, Maharashtra, the 30th-largest of 187 villages in Hinganghat taluka. Literacy is 73%, 2 points below the taluka average of 75% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Wardha district centre, 26 km from Bramhanwada Thadi, the nearest town, 1 km from Morshi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442307, served by Wadner post office; the LGD village code is 534523. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arpan Clinic, 2 km away. The village votes in Ralegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prof. Dr. Ashok Ramaji Wooike. The population is estimated at 1,429 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Yerla
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- HINGANGHAT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 657.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 546.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Yerla
- LGD code
- 534523
- Pincode
- 442307
- Post office
- Wadner
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,212
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,429
- Households
- 289
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 845
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.31611°N, 77.99028°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Yavatmal-Washim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ralegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Deshmukh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prof. Dr. Ashok Ramaji Wooike
- Block / Mandal
- Hinganghat
Getting there
How to reach Yerla
Nearest town · 10,548 people
Bramhanwada Thadi · ≈ 26 km
≈ 54 min by car · 1 h 4 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai589 kmcapital
- Hyderabad440 km
- Delhi815 km
- Bengaluru929 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMorshi1 km
- Hospital / PHCArpan Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankICICI BANK33 km
- Petrol pumpBPCL G R Malegaonkar27 km
- CollegeDr Rajendra Gade Institute of Technology44 km
- Police stationWarud Police Station33 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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