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

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Village · Bakavand, Bastar 

# Kareetgaon

Kareetgaon is a village in Bakavand sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494221**. The 2011 Census counted **931 people in 234 households**, the 62nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 931people (2011)
- 234households
- 64.3%literacy
- 494221PIN code

## Kareetgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kareetgaon is 494221.** Kareetgaon falls in Bakavand sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494221
- Gram panchayatKareetgaon
- Community development blockBakaband
- Census village code449467

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

## How far is Kareetgaon from nearby towns?

- Bakawand (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)13 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)13 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 Kareetgaon?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kareetgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Dharampura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bastar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Kareetgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, madiya and maize**. About 58% of the 202 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 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 Kareetgaon

Of every 100 households in Kareetgaon in 2011, 59 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kareetgaon · ■ Bakavand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**96%

Tap water ****41%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****57%**

**38%

Television ****19%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kareetgaon?

■ Kareetgaon · ■ Bakavand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**994

Working population ****35.4%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 55.6% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (10%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (17%) · **■** Marginal 222 (67%)

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

- Borpadar1,032 people
- Dhodrepal1,025 people
- Chhotejirakhal1,020 people
- Barejirakhal996 people
- Khotalapal925 people
- Irikpal894 people
- Mailbeda872 people
- Tongkongera860 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kareetgaon?494221
- How far is Kareetgaon from Jagdalpur?13 km by road
- What is the population of Kareetgaon?931 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kareetgaon in?Bastar district (Bakavand sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kareetgaon?64.3% (Census 2011)