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- LGD code
- 540545
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population
- 342
- Households
- 80
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 900 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 202
- Distance to district centre
- 55 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 695 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Umred · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub District Hospital, Chimur · 17 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
खरकाडा ची तुलना
By population, Kharkada ranks #122 of 248 villages in Chimur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
−2.3% vs mandal average
Kharkada67.0%
Chimur mandal69.3%
Chandrapur district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
900
−74 vs mandal average
Kharkada900
Chimur mandal974
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
Kharkada4.3
Chimur mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
खरकाडा एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
खरकाडा हे महाराष्ट्रच्या चंद्रपूर जिल्ह्यातील चिमूर तालुकामधील 342 लोकसंख्येचे 80 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे चिमूर तालुकामधील 248 गावांत 122वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 67% आहे, तालुका सरासरी 69% पेक्षा 2 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 900 स्त्रिया. हे चंद्रपूर जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 55 किमी, जवळचे शहर Bhisiपासून 10 किमी, Umred रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 23 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 442903 आहे, Chimur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 540545 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Sub District Hospital, Chimur, 17 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Umred विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 403, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
जवळच्या गावांची तुलना
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · खरकाडा
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WARORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 59
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 133
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 321
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 180
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य माहिती — खरकाडा
- LGD code
- 540545
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 342
- Population (projected 2026)
- 403
- Households
- 80
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 900
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.64674°N, 79.30803°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Umred
- Member of Parliament
- Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram
- Block / Mandal
- Chimur
जाण्याचा मार्ग
खरकाडा ला कसे जायचे
शहरांपासूनचे अंतर · सरळ रेषा
- Mumbai695 kmcapital
- Hyderabad373 km
- Chennai847 km
- Bengaluru873 km
प्रकारानुसार जवळचे · प्रदेशात कुठेही
- Railway stationUmred23 km
- Bus stopCHIMUR BUS STOP18 km
- Hospital / PHCSub District Hospital, Chimur17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India40 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeGovernment Industrial Training Institute44 km
- Police stationUmred Police Station22 km
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 442903
तेच नाव, वेगळे ठिकाण
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Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)