# Pondi Village, Kota, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kota, Bilaspur 

# Pondi

Pondi is a village in Kota sub-district of Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495116**. The 2011 Census counted **1,920 people in 543 households**, the 27th largest of 162 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,920people (2011)
- 543households
- 72.5%literacy
- 495116PIN code

## Pondi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pondi is 495116.** Pondi falls in Kota sub-district, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495116
- Gram panchayatPondi
- Community development blockKota
- Census village code438058

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

## How far is Pondi from nearby towns?

- Kota (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Bilaspur (district HQ)33 km by road
- Ratanpur (nearest town)10 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 Pondi?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Pondi; 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
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ratanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bilaspur
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Pondi known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and wheat**. About 40% of the 617 hectares of village land is sown, and 46 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 Pondi

Of every 100 households in Pondi in 2011, 90 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pondi · ■ Kota rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****5%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****52%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**43%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Pondi?

■ Pondi · ■ Kota rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**979

Working population ****51.3%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 59.6% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 247 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 442 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 81 (8%) · **■** Marginal 214 (22%)

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 Kota

- Kargi Khurd2,050 people
- Tenduwa2,002 people
- Majhgaon1,994 people
- Majhgawan1,977 people
- Baridih1,858 people
- Manpahri1,804 people
- Baheramuda1,709 people
- Kusmuli1,591 people

[All 162 villages in Kota](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bilaspur/kota/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pondi?495116
- How far is Pondi from Bilaspur?33 km by road
- What is the population of Pondi?1,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pondi in?Bilaspur district (Kota sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pondi?72.5% (Census 2011)