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September 2026
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'Village for Sale’: Parched hamlet's desperate plea amid water crisis in Maharashtra
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
premila keshav madavi
Contact: 94****7593
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- LGD code
- 539026
- Pincode
- 442606
- Post office
- Dhanora
- Population
- 114
- Households
- 21
- Literacy rate
- 38.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1073 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 53
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 794 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 365 km
- Nearest railway station
- Wadsa · 68 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Dhanora · 16 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Paurwel compares
By population, Paurwel ranks #167 of 228 villages in Dhanora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.6%
−24.6% vs mandal average
- Paurwel
- 38.6%
- Dhanora mandal
- 63.2%
- Gadchiroli district
- 66.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,073
+82 vs mandal average
- Paurwel
- 1,073
- Dhanora mandal
- 991
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Paurwel
- 5.4
- Dhanora mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paurwel at a glance
Paurwel is a village of 114 people in 21 households (Census 2011) in Dhanora taluka, Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, the 167th-largest of 228 villages in Dhanora taluka. Literacy is 39%, 25 points below the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,073 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Gadchiroli district centre, 55 km from Armori, the nearest town, 68 km from Wadsa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 442606, served by Dhanora post office; the LGD village code is 539026. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Dhanora, 16 km away. The sarpanch is premila keshav madavi, and the village votes in Brahmapuri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Wadettiwar. The population is estimated at 134 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paurwel
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GADCHIROLI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 70
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 443.96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.33
- Forest area (ha)
- 393.91
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paurwel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Paurwel
- LGD code
- 539026
- Pincode
- 442606
- Post office
- Dhanora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 114
- Population (projected 2026)
- 134
- Households
- 21
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1073
- Literacy rate
- 38.6%
- Coordinates
- 20.14243°N, 80.37254°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gadchiroli-Chimur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Brahmapuri
- Member of Parliament
- Namdeo Kirsan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Wadettiwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- premila keshav madavi
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanora
Getting there
How to reach Paurwel
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai794 kmcapital
- Hyderabad365 km
- Chennai785 km
- Bengaluru850 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWadsa68 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Dhanora16 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India32 km
- Petrol pumpCM Petrol Pump16 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Arts, Science & Late N. P. Commerce College55 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Ghot54 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)