# Babai Village, Makdi, Bastar (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Makdi, Bastar 

# Babai

Babai is a village in Makdi sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494226**. The 2011 Census counted **1,506 people in 296 households**, the 21st largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,506people (2011)
- 296households
- 46.9%literacy
- 494226PIN code

## Babai PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494226
- Gram panchayatBabai
- Community development blockMakadi
- Census village code448856

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

## How far is Babai from nearby towns?

- Makdi (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)101 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)101 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 Babai?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Babai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn 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

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sham Pur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kondagaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kondagaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- 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 Babai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and black gram**. About 41% of the 794 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 Babai

Of every 100 households in Babai in 2011, 48 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Babai · ■ Makdi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****58%**

**47%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Babai?

■ Babai · ■ Makdi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**1027

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****806**

**1007

Working population ****53.9%**

**53.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.4% for men and 33.1% for women. 55% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 336 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (35%) · **■** Household industry 92 (11%) · **■** Other work 26 (3%) · **■** Marginal 74 (9%)

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 Makdi

- Maragaon1,577 people
- Hadigaon1,571 people
- Sonabera1,527 people
- Jarandi1,524 people
- Tauranga1,483 people
- Umargaon1,365 people
- Tamra Wand1,364 people
- Themgaon1,354 people

[All 100 villages in Makdi](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/makdi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Babai?494226
- How far is Babai from Jagdalpur?101 km by road
- What is the population of Babai?1,506 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Babai in?Bastar district (Makdi sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Babai?46.9% (Census 2011)
