# Chikhalputi Village, Kondagaon, Bastar (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kondagaon, Bastar 

# Chikhalputi

Chikhalputi is a village in Kondagaon sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494226**. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 89 households**, the 127th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 49.0%.

- 421people (2011)
- 89households
- 77.1%literacy
- 494226PIN code

## Chikhalputi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chikhalputi is 494226.** Chikhalputi falls in Kondagaon sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494226
- Gram panchayatChikhalputi
- Community development blockKondagaon
- Census village code448688

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

## How far is Chikhalputi from nearby towns?

- Kondagaon (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)67 km by road
- Kondagaon (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 Chikhalputi?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chikhalputi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kondagaon
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kondagaon
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kondagaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 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 waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 15 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 Chikhalputi known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and kulthi**. About 28% of the 283 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Chikhalputi

Of every 100 households in Chikhalputi in 2011, 37 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chikhalputi · ■ Kondagaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****54%**

**40%

Television ****12%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**24%

Own their home ****81%**

**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 Chikhalputi?

■ Chikhalputi · ■ Kondagaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**49.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****671**

**1042

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**1021

Working population ****63.2%**

**52.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 58.6% for women. 75% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 156 (59%) · **■** Marginal 62 (23%)

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 Kondagaon

- Padnar445 people
- Mungwal430 people
- Mayur Dongar427 people
- Telanga424 people
- Dadhiya418 people
- Jogi Alwad417 people
- Indagaon402 people
- Amgaon380 people

[All 182 villages in Kondagaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/kondagaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chikhalputi?494226
- How far is Chikhalputi from Jagdalpur?67 km by road
- What is the population of Chikhalputi?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chikhalputi in?Bastar district (Kondagaon sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Chikhalputi?77.1% (Census 2011)
