# Bhirlinga Village, Bakavand, Bastar (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Bakavand, Bastar 

# Bhirlinga

Bhirlinga is a village in Bakavand sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494223**. The 2011 Census counted **773 people in 175 households**, the 76th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 773people (2011)
- 175households
- 49.9%literacy
- 494223PIN code

## Bhirlinga PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bhirlinga is 494223.** Bhirlinga falls in Bakavand sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494223
- Gram panchayatKachnar
- Community development blockBakaband
- Census village code449454

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bhirlinga from nearby towns?

- Bakawand (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)15 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bhirlinga?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Bhirlinga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 2
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 2
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ghatlohra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dharampura
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bastar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bhirlinga known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and madiya**. About 70% of the 294 hectares of village land is sown, and 111 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bhirlinga

Of every 100 households in Bhirlinga in 2011, 40 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhirlinga · ■ Bakavand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****14%**

**38%

Television ****15%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bhirlinga?

■ Bhirlinga · ■ Bakavand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**994

Working population ****45.4%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 38.4% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 55 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (15%) · **■** Other work 62 (18%) · **■** Marginal 183 (52%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bakavand

- Pithapur795 people
- Paikpal788 people
- Komar784 people
- Gumdel783 people
- Choknar759 people
- Mohlai735 people
- Chapapadar732 people
- Farasara713 people

[All 114 villages in Bakavand](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/bakavand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bhirlinga?494223
- How far is Bhirlinga from Jagdalpur?15 km by road
- What is the population of Bhirlinga?773 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhirlinga in?Bastar district (Bakavand sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhirlinga?49.9% (Census 2011)