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About Chorwad Village

Chorwad is a mid sized village in Raver tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 807, made up of 433 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorwad village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Raver
Pincode 425508
Area (hectares) 288.55 hectares
Population 807
Male Population 433
Female Population 374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chorwad compares

By the 2011 count Chorwad is the 90th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 288.55 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Chorwad

Chorwad is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chorwad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chorwad from other places

Chorwad lies about 67 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Waghoda, about 2.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chorwad
Nearest railway station Waghoda 2.2 km
Nearest town Burhānpur 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Raver 11 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 67 km

Villages closest to Chorwad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raver tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Chorwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorwad village had a population of 807. That makes it the 90th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Chorwad village has 433 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorwad has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Chorwad is 425508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorwad covers 288.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chorwad falls under Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chorwad is Waghoda, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chorwad.

Chorwad is about 67 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorwad is in Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district. Waghoda is about 2.2 km away. Burhānpur is about 10 km away. Raver is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanapur (2.5 km), Nirul (3.2 km) and Ajanad (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chorwad today is likely to be higher.

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