Aheri Tehsil - Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Aheri is an administrative tehsil in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Sirpur Town, while the nearest airport is Warangal Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 124.6 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the tehsil was 2,283 km², including 2,273.17 km² of rural area and 9.53 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 986 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Aheri Tehsil

Aheri Tehsil has a total of 182 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Abanpalli (M)	Rural	Vyankatraopetha
2	Abanpalli (S)	Rural	Vyankatraopetha
3	Aheri	Urban	Not applicable
4	Aldandi (M)	Rural	Permili
5	Allapalli	Rural	Alapalli
6	Ambezara	Rural	Avalmari
7	Appapalli (M)	Rural	Wangepalli
8	Arenda	Rural	Arenda
9	Arkapalli	Rural	Wedampalli
10	Asa M	Rural	Kamlapur
11	Asali (M)	Rural	Dechali S.
12	Avalmari	Rural	Avalmari
13	Bhangarampetha	Rural	Damrancha
14	Bhaswapur	Rural	Marpalli
15	Bhimaram M	Rural	Regulwahi
16	Birhadghat	Rural	Konjed
17	Bondra M	Rural	Konjed
18	Bori	Rural	Bori
19	Botlacheru	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
20	Burukmalampalli	Rural	Nagepalli M.
21	Chandra M	Rural	Permili
22	Chandra S	Rural	Permili
23	Chaudampalli	Rural	Arenda
24	Cherpalli S	Urban	Not applicable
25	Chhallewada	Rural	Repanpalli
26	Chinchgundi	Rural	Chinchagundi
27	Chintalpeth	Rural	Khamancheru
28	Chirepalli	Rural	Khandla
29	Chitweli	Rural	Damrancha
30	Dabbatog M	Rural	Regulwahi
31	Damaram M	Rural	Jimalgatta
32	Damaram S	Rural	Jimalgatta
33	Damrancha	Rural	Damrancha
34	Dechali S	Rural	Dechali S.
35	Devalmari M Rithi	Rural	Devalmari
36	Devalmari S	Rural	Devalmari
37	Dinacherapalli	Rural	Mahagaon (Khu.)
38	Dodepalli	Rural	Khamancheru
39	Dodger	Rural	Kishtapur S
40	Dubbagudam	Rural	Umanur S.
41	Gadaheri	Urban	Not applicable
42	Gadaheribamni	Urban	Not applicable
43	Garewada Rithi	Rural	Damrancha
44	Golakaraji	Rural	Khandla
45	Gotelingampalli	Rural	Kamlapur
46	Govindgaon	Rural	Govindgaon
47	Gudigudam	Rural	Timram S.
48	Gundera	Rural	Wedampalli
49	Gurja Bk	Rural	Medpalli
50	Gurja Kh	Rural	Yeramnar
51	Indaram (M)	Rural	Indaram S.
52	Indaram S	Rural	Indaram S.
53	Italcheru	Rural	Khamancheru
54	Jamgaon	Rural	Chutugunta
55	Jimmalgatta S	Rural	Jimalgatta
56	Joganguda (Dechali)	Rural	Umanur S.
57	Joganguda (Umanur)	Rural	Dechali S.
58	Kachler	Rural	Permili
59	Kalled	Rural	Konjed
60	Kamalpur	Rural	Kamlapur
61	Kamasur	Rural	Petha S.
62	Kannepalli	Rural	Khamancheru
63	Karancha	Rural	Marpalli
64	Kasampalli M.	Rural	Medpalli
65	Katepalli M	Rural	Devalmari
66	Katepalli S	Rural	Devalmari
67	Kavatharam	Rural	Yeramnar
68	Kerneli M	Rural	Avalmari
69	Kerneli S	Rural	Avalmari
70	Khamancheru	Rural	Khamancheru
71	Khandala S	Rural	Khandla
72	Kishtapur M	Rural	Kishtapur S
73	Kishtapur S	Rural	Kishtapur S
74	Kishtapur Welgur	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
75	Kodekasa	Rural	Kurumpalli
76	Kodsepalli M	Rural	Kurumpalli
77	Kodsepalli S	Rural	Kurumpalli
78	Kolamarka	Rural	Kamlapur
79	Kolapalli M	Rural	Devalmari
80	Konjed	Rural	Konjed
81	Koreli Bk	Rural	Medpalli
82	Koreli Kh	Rural	Medpalli
83	Korepalli	Rural	Yeramnar
84	Krishnapur (Aheri)	Rural	Wangepalli
85	Kultha	Rural	Bori
86	Kurumpalli	Rural	Kurumpalli
87	Lakhanguda (M)	Rural	Kishtapur S
88	Lakhanguda S	Rural	Kishtapur S
89	Lankachen M	Rural	Avalmari
90	Lankachen S	Rural	Avalmari
91	Lingampalli	Rural	Repanpalli
92	Lowa S	Rural	Konjed
93	Mahagaon Bk	Rural	Mahagaon (Bk.)
94	Mahagaon Kh	Rural	Mahagaon (Khu.)
95	Mahagaon M Rithi	Rural	Mahagaon (Khu.)
96	Mailaram	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
97	Mandra S	Rural	Mandra S.
98	Marneli	Rural	Khandla
99	Marpalli	Rural	Marpalli
100	Medpalli(Jimalgatta)	Rural	Jimalgatta
101	Medpalli(Permili)	Rural	Medpalli
102	Metigudam	Rural	Konjed
103	Michaguda	Rural	Yeramnar
104	Mirkal M	Rural	Arenda
105	Modumadgu (Kamlapur)	Rural	Nagepalli M.
106	Modumadgu (Mandra)	Rural	Repanpalli
107	Modumdagu (Ramayyapetha)	Rural	Mandra S.
108	Modumtura M	Rural	Indaram S.
109	Modumtura S	Rural	Indaram S.
110	Mosam (S)	Rural	Devalmari
111	Motukpalli S	Rural	Regulwahi
112	Mudewahi	Rural	Regulwahi
113	Mukhanpalli	Rural	Dechali S.
114	Nagepalli M	Rural	Nagepalli M.
115	Nagepalli S Rithi	Rural	Nagepalli M.
116	Nainer M	Rural	Kurumpalli
117	Naingudam	Rural	Kamlapur
118	Nandigaon M	Rural	Devalmari
119	Nawegaon	Rural	Welgur S.
120	Palle S	Rural	Palle S.
121	Pattigaon	Rural	Kishtapur S
122	Pattigaon M	Rural	Khandla
123	Pattigaon S	Rural	Khandla
124	Perkabhati S	Rural	Kishtapur S
125	Permili	Rural	Permili
126	Peta S	Rural	Petha S.
127	Pusukpalli	Rural	Nagepalli M.
128	Rajaram	Rural	Rajaram
129	Rajpur Patch	Rural	Rajpur Patch
130	Ramayyapetha	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
131	Rampur Chak	Rural	Rajpur Patch
132	Rampur M	Rural	Khamancheru
133	Rampur S	Rural	Khamancheru
134	Rapeli	Rural	Palle S.
135	Raspalli S	Rural	Jimalgatta
136	Raygatta	Rural	Khandla
137	Regulwahi	Rural	Regulwahi
138	Repanpalli	Rural	Repanpalli
139	Sakangatta	Rural	Arenda
140	Sandra S	Rural	Nagepalli M.
141	Silmpalli	Rural	Umanur S.
142	Sinda M	Rural	Dechali S.
143	Sinda S	Rural	Dechali S.
144	Singanpeth	Rural	Kothari
145	Suddagudam	Rural	Umanur S.
146	Tadguda	Rural	Arenda
147	Talwada	Rural	Medpalli
148	Tanbodi	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
149	Tatigudam	Rural	Repanpalli
150	Tekampalli	Rural	Nagepalli M.
151	Tikepalli	Rural	Chutugunta
152	Timaram (Umanur)	Rural	Umanur S.
153	Timaram M	Rural	Timram S.
154	Timaram S	Rural	Timram S.
155	Todka M	Rural	Petha S.
156	Todka S	Rural	Petha S.
157	Tonder	Rural	Damrancha
158	Umanur M	Rural	Umanur S.
159	Umanur S	Rural	Umanur S.
160	Vedampalli	Rural	Wedampalli
161	Vyankatraopeta M	Rural	Vyankatraopetha
162	Vyankatraopeta S	Rural	Vyankatraopetha
163	Vyenkatapur M	Rural	Avalmari
164	Vyenkatapur S	Rural	Avalmari
165	Wadla Peth	Rural	Khamancheru
166	Wange Palli	Rural	Wangepalli
167	Watra Bk M	Rural	Watra Khu. S.
168	Watra Bk S	Rural	Watra Khu. S.
169	Watra Kh M	Rural	Watra Khu. S.
170	Watra Kh S	Rural	Watra Khu. S.
171	Welgur M Rithi	Rural	Welgur S.
172	Welgur S	Rural	Welgur S.
173	Welgurtola	Rural	Kishtapur (Vel)
174	Yedampalli	Rural	Medpalli
175	Yedranga	Rural	Jimalgatta
176	Yelchil	Rural	Welgur S.
177	Yellaram	Rural	Petha S.
178	Yenkabanda	Rural	Govindgaon
179	Yenkapalli	Rural	Nagepalli M.
180	Yeragadda	Rural	Jimalgatta
181	Yermanar	Rural	Yeramnar
182	Zimela	Rural	Timram S.

Population of Aheri Tehsil

According to the 2011 Census, Aheri Tehsil had a total population of 1,16,992 people living in 26,446 households. The population comprised 58,916 males and 58,076 females, with an average population density of 51 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,16,992	1,02,383	14,609
Male Population	58,916	51,317	7,599
Female Population	58,076	51,066	7,010
Total Households	26,446	23,063	3,383
Population Density	51 / km²	45 / km²	1,533 / km²

Aheri Tehsil had 72,851 literate people and 12,991 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 16,683 and 58,233 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	12,991	11,623	1,368
Literate Population	72,851	61,442	11,409
Illiterate Population	44,141	40,941	3,200
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	16,683	15,111	1,572
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	58,233	54,132	4,101

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Aheri (अहेरी)
District	Gadchiroli
State / UT	Maharashtra
Railway Station	Sirpur Town
Total Area	2,283 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	986
Total Population (2011)	1,16,992
Density	51/km²
Total Villages	182

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