Gaurkheda
Arvi block · Wardha
district, Maharashtra · PIN 442302
· village code 533819
Population 2011
472
Census of India
Population 2020
475
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
3 people · 0.1% a year
Households
155
+26.0% vs 123 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
472
Male / female
254 / 218
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
858
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
63.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
27 / 333
Working population
323
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.4%
Households
123
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
44
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
22
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 25 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panjara(B) panchayat, Arvi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹24.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹10.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹19.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.88 lakh · received ₹2.14 lakh · spent ₹6.00 lakh · left ₹6.02 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.87 lakh · received ₹3.74 lakh · spent ₹4.86 lakh · left ₹13.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.8888, 78.3449 —
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