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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LAXMI AMOL TUMRAM
Contact: 93****3519
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- LGD code
- 540440
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population
- 984
- Households
- 214
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Sex ratio
- 945 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 651
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 26 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 713 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 381 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhiwapur · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Bhiwapur · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Vakarla compares
By population, Vakarla ranks #50 of 248 villages in Chimur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.2%
+0.9% vs mandal average
- Vakarla
- 70.2%
- Chimur mandal
- 69.3%
- Chandrapur district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
945
−29 vs mandal average
- Vakarla
- 945
- Chimur mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Vakarla
- 4.6
- Chimur mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vakarla at a glance
Vakarla is a village of 984 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Chimur taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 50th-largest of 248 villages in Chimur taluka. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Chandrapur district centre, 10 km from Bhisi, the nearest town, 11 km from Bhiwapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442903, served by Chimur post office; the LGD village code is 540440. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Bhiwapur, 10 km away. The sarpanch is LAXMI AMOL TUMRAM, and the village votes in Umred assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram. The population is estimated at 1,160 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Vakarla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 58
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 140
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 335.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 270.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Vakarla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Vakarla
- LGD code
- 540440
- Pincode
- 442903
- Post office
- Chimur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 984
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,160
- Households
- 214
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 945
- Literacy rate
- 70.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.67892°N, 79.47956°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Umred
- Member of Parliament
- Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LAXMI AMOL TUMRAM
- Block / Mandal
- Chimur
Getting there
How to reach Vakarla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai713 kmcapital
- Hyderabad381 km
- Chennai849 km
- Bengaluru880 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhiwapur11 km
- Bus stopNilaj10 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Bhiwapur10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India24 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- CollegeNisha Chitrakala & Shilpkala Mahavidyalaya40 km
- Police stationUmred Police Station25 km
Same pincode
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- 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 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)