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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Chitralekha Shalikram Bhope
Contact: 94****1949
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- LGD code
- 540539
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population
- 1,007
- Households
- 270
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 918 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 632
Census 2011 · in context
How Navegaon Peth compares
By population, Navegaon Peth ranks #49 of 248 villages in Chimur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+1.6% vs mandal average
Navegaon Peth70.9%
Chimur mandal69.3%
Chandrapur district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
918
−56 vs mandal average
Navegaon Peth918
Chimur mandal974
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
Navegaon Peth3.7
Chimur mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Navegaon Peth at a glance
Navegaon Peth is a village of 1,007 people in 270 households (Census 2011) in Chimur taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 49th-largest of 248 villages in Chimur taluka. Literacy is 71%, 2 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 442903, served by Chimur post office; the LGD village code is 540539. The sarpanch is Chitralekha Shalikram Bhope, and the village votes in Umred assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram. The population is estimated at 1,187 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nawegaon Peth →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navegaon Peth · this village | 1,007 | 71% | — |
| Tirkhura · Chimur | 603 | 70% | — |
| Hinganbodi Rith · Chimur | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Navegaon Peth
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WARORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 57
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 551.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 393.67
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Navegaon Peth
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Navegaon Peth
- LGD code
- 540539
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,007
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,187
- Households
- 270
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 918
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Umred
- Member of Parliament
- Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Chitralekha Shalikram Bhope
- Block / Mandal
- Chimur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 442903
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Navegaon Peth
Other villages in Chimur mandal
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- Neri
- Shankarpur
- Wadala Pai
- Khadsangi
- Amboli
- Navatala
- Palasgaon
- Sawargaon
- Jambhulghat
- Motegaon
- Doma
- Kajalsar
- Masal Bk
- Shirpur
- Mangalgaon
- Khambala
- Kewada
- Malewada
- Talodhi Gaonganana
- Kolara Tukum
- Khutala (Mo)
- Piparda
- Hirapur
- Lohara (Bu)
- Sawari
- Sathgaon
- Pimpalneri
- Pimpalgaon
- Bothali (Shirpur)
- Kawadsi Desh
- Metepar
- Vihirgaon
- Kolari
- Bodadha
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)