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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sudrashan Sunil Solanke
Contact: 97****6707
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- LGD code
- 533865
- Pincode
- 442302
- Post office
- Pulgaon
- Population
- 1,552
- Households
- 388
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Sex ratio
- 914 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 795
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 16 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 599 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 377 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sorta · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Pulgaon · 5 km
ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011 · ਤੁਲਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ
Sorta ਦੀ ਤੁਲਨਾ
By population, Sorta ranks #18 of 220 villages in Arvi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.1%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Sorta
- 75.1%
- Arvi mandal
- 75.9%
- Wardha district
- 78.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
914
−24 vs mandal average
- Sorta
- 914
- Arvi mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Sorta
- 4.0
- Arvi mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sorta ਇੱਕ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਵਿੱਚ
Sorta ਮਹਾਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੇ ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਵਰਧਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Arvi ਤਾਲੁਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ 1,552 ਲੋਕਾਂ 388 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Arvi ਤਾਲੁਕਾ ਦੇ 220 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 18ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 75% ਹੈ, ਤਾਲੁਕਾ ਔਸਤ 76% ਦੇ ਲਗਭਗ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 914 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਵਰਧਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 13 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Nachangaon ਤੋਂ 8 ਕਿਮੀ, Sorta ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 2 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 442302 ਹੈ, Pulgaon ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 533865 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Rural Hospital, Pulgaon, 5 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਸਰਪੰਚ Sudrashan Sunil Solanke ਹਨ; ਪਿੰਡ Dhamangaon Railway ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Adsad Pratap Arunbhau। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 1,830, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ: Sorta →
ਨੇੜਲੇ ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਦੀ ਤੁਲਨਾ
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sorta
- 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)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- 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
- 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
- PULGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 5
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 777.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 589.81
- Forest area (ha)
- 33.86
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sorta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ਮੁੱਖ ਤੱਥ — Sorta
- LGD code
- 533865
- Pincode
- 442302
- Post office
- Pulgaon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,552
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,830
- Households
- 388
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 914
- Literacy rate
- 75.1%
- Coordinates
- 20.76891°N, 78.32025°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wardha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamangaon Railway
- Member of Parliament
- Amar Kale
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adsad Pratap Arunbhau
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sudrashan Sunil Solanke
- Block / Mandal
- Arvi
- Nearest railway station
- Sorta (1.9 km)
ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਦਾ ਰਾਹ
Sorta ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਹੁੰਚਣਾ ਹੈ
ਸ਼ਹਿਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਦੂਰੀ · ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ
- Mumbai599 kmcapital
- Hyderabad377 km
- Bengaluru870 km
- Chennai879 km
ਕਿਸਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਨੇੜਲੇ · ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਤੇ ਵੀ
- Railway stationSorta2 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Pulgaon5 km
- ATM / bankTirupati Bank ATM27 km
- Petrol pumpCompany Owned6 km
- CollegeShiv Vaibhav Adhyapak Vidyalaya29 km
- Police stationPolice Station Sawangi (M)27 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Sorta1.9 km
ਉਹੀ ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ
Villages sharing pincode 442302
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Sources & freshness
- 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)