# Jamgaon Village, Keskal, Bastar (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Keskal, Bastar 

# Jamgaon

Jamgaon is a village in Keskal sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494230**. The 2011 Census counted **995 people in 227 households**, the 22nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.3%.

- 995people (2011)
- 227households
- 81.0%literacy
- 494230PIN code

## Jamgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Jamgaon is 494230.** Jamgaon falls in Keskal sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494230
- Gram panchayatJamgaon
- Community development blockKeshkal
- Census village code448563

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

## How far is Jamgaon from nearby towns?

- Keskal (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)134 km by road
- Keskal (nearest town)3 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 Jamgaon?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Jamgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Keshkal
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Keskal
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Keskal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 11 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 Jamgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and black gram**. About 61% of the 389 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 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 Jamgaon

Of every 100 households in Jamgaon in 2011, 77 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Jamgaon · ■ Keskal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****91%**

**37%

Television ****27%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Jamgaon?

■ Jamgaon · ■ Keskal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.0%**

**58.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**1039

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****787**

**1009

Working population ****54.3%**

**61.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 69.1% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (17%) · **■** Marginal 409 (76%)

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 Keskal

- Kohkameta1,143 people
- Bedma1,078 people
- Palora1,033 people
- Chiprel1,032 people
- Khalemurvend992 people
- Sidhawand931 people
- Salebhat911 people
- Nawagarh888 people

[All 101 villages in Keskal](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/keskal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Jamgaon?494230
- How far is Jamgaon from Jagdalpur?134 km by road
- What is the population of Jamgaon?995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jamgaon in?Bastar district (Keskal sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Jamgaon?81.0% (Census 2011)