# Shasankachora Village, Jagdalpur, Bastar (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Jagdalpur, Bastar 

# Shasankachora

Shasankachora is a village in Jagdalpur sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494001**. The 2011 Census counted **303 people in 75 households**, the 90th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.1%.

- 303people (2011)
- 75households
- 46.3%literacy
- 494001PIN code

## Shasankachora PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shasankachora is 494001.** Shasankachora falls in Jagdalpur sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494001
- Gram panchayatHalbakachora
- Community development blockJagdalpur
- Census village code449139

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

## How far is Shasankachora from nearby towns?

- Jagdalpur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)5 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)5 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 Shasankachora?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Shasankachora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Halbakachora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jagdalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Jagdalpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- 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 Shasankachora known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 18% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Shasankachora

Of every 100 households in Shasankachora in 2011, 73 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shasankachora · ■ Jagdalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**15%

Tap water ****35%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**27%

Television ****27%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Shasankachora?

■ Shasankachora · ■ Jagdalpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**54.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**1009

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**969

Working population ****59.1%**

**41.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.6% for men and 31.6% for women. 65% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 51 (28%) · **■** Marginal 117 (65%)

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 Jagdalpur

- Morathpalli344 people
- Parali343 people
- Jiragaon342 people
- Rampal310 people
- Atapharisemra274 people
- Badebadam266 people
- Machkot250 people
- Pulcha245 people

[All 116 villages in Jagdalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/jagdalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shasankachora?494001
- How far is Shasankachora from Jagdalpur?5 km by road
- What is the population of Shasankachora?303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shasankachora in?Bastar district (Jagdalpur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Shasankachora?46.3% (Census 2011)