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- LGD code
- 536543
- Pincode
- 441203
- Post office
- Umred
- Population
- 233
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 73%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 128
- Distance to district centre
- 64 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 695 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Umred · 23 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub District Hospital, Chimur · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharkada compares
By population, Kharkada ranks #85 of 137 villages in Bhiwapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.0%
+2.5% vs mandal average
Kharkada73.0%
Bhiwapur mandal70.5%
Nagpur district78.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
+55 vs mandal average
Kharkada1,044
Bhiwapur mandal989
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
Kharkada4.2
Bhiwapur mandal4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharkada at a glance
Kharkada is a village of 233 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Bhiwapur taluka, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, the 85th-largest of 137 villages in Bhiwapur taluka. Literacy is 73%, 3 points above the taluka average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 64 km from the Nagpur district centre, 10 km from Bhisi, the nearest town, 23 km from Umred railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441203, served by Umred post office; the LGD village code is 536543. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub District Hospital, Chimur, 17 km away. The village votes in Umred assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram. The population is estimated at 275 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharkada
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- UMRED
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 645
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 424.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 56.35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharkada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kharkada
- LGD code
- 536543
- Pincode
- 441203
- Post office
- Umred
- Population (Census 2011)
- 233
- Population (projected 2026)
- 275
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 73.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.64674°N, 79.30803°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ramtek
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Umred
- Member of Parliament
- Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram
- Block / Mandal
- Bhiwapur
Getting there
How to reach Kharkada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai695 kmcapital
- Hyderabad373 km
- Chennai847 km
- Bengaluru873 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationUmred23 km
- Bus stopCHIMUR BUS STOP18 km
- Hospital / PHCSub District Hospital, Chimur17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India40 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil22 km
- CollegeGovernment Industrial Training Institute44 km
- Police stationUmred Police Station22 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)