Chorachiwadi
| Chorachiwadi चोराचीवाडी | |
|---|---|
  Chorachiwadi   Chorachiwadi Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates: 18°33′35″N 74°42′32″E / 18.559849°N 74.708905°ECoordinates: 18°33′35″N 74°42′32″E / 18.559849°N 74.708905°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Ahmadnagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panachayat Raj |
| • Sarpanch | M/s. Rasal |
| • Deputy Sarpanch | Mr. Tukaram Chavan |
| Elevation | 561 m (1,841 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 2,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 413701 |
| Telephone code | 912487 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-16 |
Chorachiwadi is a panchayat village in the state of Maharashtra, India. Administratively, Chorachiwadi is under Shrigonda Taluka of Ahmadnagar District in Maharashtra.[1]
The Grampanchayat Chorachiwadi is made up of Chorachiwadi Gavthan and Bhingan Dumala, two small sub villages. The Chorachiwadi is situated on the bank of a small river, Saraswati, which flows about 5 kilometers from Chorachiwadi to where it meets the Bhima River in Pedgaon. Chorachiwadi is located in between the historical location 'Dharmaveer' Sambhaji fort of Pedgaon and the taluka place Shrigonda.
Agriculture
The most of the villagers are farmer. The main crops teken in Chorachiwadi are Sugarcane, sorghum(Jawar), Wheat, Cotton, Grapes, Lemon, Pomegranates, Banana, different nuts, Onion, Water Melon,and Cucumber. The Farmer are very much active and always try different experiments in their land, mostly young generation. Those students who have completed the courses of Horticulture and so, gives their valuable suggestions to other farmers.
Since the place doesn't get enough rain thus almost all irrigation depends on water canal systems namely "Kukadi" and "Ghod". Ghod water canal pass from village even though most land is irrigated by Kukadi canal water.
Education
In Chorachiwadi there is facility of Anganwadi's and Balwadi's, under the 'Ekatmik Balvikas kendra' Shrigonda tehsil. Anganwadi's are at different regions of village viz. Chorachiwadi, Bhingan Dumala, Salunke Wasti, Landge Wasti etc.
There is a Zilla parishad prathamik (ZPP) school form first to seventh standards. For further standards there is a high school named Palhad Maharaj high school which was established in 2006 in Chorachiwadi. High school conducts classes of Eight'th to Ten'th standards.
Still there are students, admitting themselves in other high schools in Shrigonda, where they can opt convent, semi-English medium schools and also to have vocational course of Technical education along with their regular course.
In the village, it can be found that there are at least an engineer in almost all the families. Several students from Chorachiwadi have pursued and some are pursuing their Engineering degree from reputed government and non government engineering colleges.
The medical education is quite ignored by students in the village.
Politics
The total number of voters are about 1200 in 2014. Number of members in Chorachiwadi Grampanchayat are nine, from three different wards.
Sports
Youth of Chorachiwadi is involved in different sports. The main sports like Kho kho and Kabaddi are played from primary school itself. This primary school students participates in interschool Kho kho and Kabaddi compititions and represents Chorachiwadi. On the day of Sankranti, youth organizes the Kabaddi matches within wadi, informally.
Cricket is as like all over India is most favourate game of youth in Chorachiwadi. Chorachiwadi Cricket team participates in various Cricket tournaments all over district. It has got great attention in last couple of years. With that spirit youth has started a cricket league called "Chorachiwadi Premier League"(CPL) and announced the Cricket tournament to be held during Diwali of October, 2016.
Nowadays Volleyball has become a popular game and its craze is increasing day by day. Volleyball players have formed a group called Yodhha group. These groups participates in social activities also.
References
- ↑ Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
- ↑ 2001 Census Village code for Chorachiwadi = 03331100, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Maharashtra" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 647. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2012.
- ↑ Poona India, Sheet NE 43-06 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, May 1960