Chorachiwadi

Chorachiwadi is a panchayat village in Maharashtra, India. Administratively, Chorachiwadi is in the Shrigonda taluka of Ahmadnagar District in Maharashtra.

Chorachiwadi
Chorachiwadi Location in Maharashtra, India Chorachiwadi Chorachiwadi (India)
Coordinates: 18.559849°N 74.708905°E / 18.559849; 74.708905
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmadnagar
Government
• Type	Panachayat Raj
• Sarpanch	Mrs. R S Bhapkar
• Deputy Sarpanch	Mr. Dada Chavan
Elevation	561 m (1,841 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,000
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	413701
Telephone code	912487
Vehicle registration	MH-16

Chorachiwadi has a group Grampanchayat comprising the Chorachiwadi, Bhingan Dumala, and Bhingan Khalsa. Among these, Chorachiwadi has a larger land area and population. It is located between the historic Bahadur Gadh (named after Chhatrapati Sambhaji) fort of Pedgaon and the Shrigonda town. Bhingan Dumala and Bhingan Khalsa are situated on the banks of Saraswati, a tributary of Bhima River that flows five kilometers more to confluence with the Bhima River in Pedgaon.

Agriculture

Most of the villagers are farmers who harvest various crops such as sugarcane, sorghum (Jowar), wheat, cotton, grapes, lemons, pomegranates, bananas, different nuts such as tree nuts and peanuts, onions, watermelons, and cucumbers.

Due to lack of rain, almost all irrigation depends on water canal systems, locally named Kukadi and Ghod. The Ghod water canal passes through the village, even though most of the land is irrigated by Kukadi canal water.

Education

Chorachiwadi and its subpart Bhingan each have Anganwadi/Balwadi (kindergartens), a program of Ekatmik Balvikas Kendra Shrigonda tehsil. In addition, in chorachiwadi, there are two more mini-anganwadis for the children's staying on the outskirts of the village like Salunke Wasti, Landge Wasti, etc. The Zilla Parishad runs school up to seventh grade in chorachiwadi and up to fourth grade in Bhingan. A private high school named Pralhad Maharaj High School (2006) for grades eighth to tenth.

All villagers performing the Arati rituals for the village deity "Bhairavnath"

Students can also enroll in other high schools of Shrigonda, where they can opt for a convent or semi-English medium school and pursue vocational courses along with their regular courses. Several students from Chorachiwadi are pursuing their engineering degrees from reputed government and non-government engineering colleges all over Maharashtra.

Politics

As of 2014, the total number of voters was around 1200.

Folk dance cum drama called Tamasha held in outskirts of village on first day of annual village festival

Sports

The youth of Chorachiwadi plays different sports. Kho kho and Kabaddi have been played since primary school, and students participate in interschool Kho kho and Kabaddi competitions to represent Chorachiwadi. On the day of Sankranti, the youth organizes informal Kabaddi matches in the village.

Wrestling competition called Aakhada organised on second day of annual village festival

The Chorachiwadi Cricket team participates in various cricket tournaments all over the district. The youth also started a Chorachiwadi Premier League (CPL) cricket league and organized a cricket tournament in October 2016.

Volleyball gained popularity, and players formed a Yodhha group. The said group participates in other social activities as well.

Female participation in local sports remains low, as it does in most parts of rural India.

References

• 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