# Sodha Kalan Village, Kota, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kota, Bilaspur 

# Sodha Kalan

Sodha Kalan is a village in Kota sub-district of Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495116**. The 2011 Census counted **448 people in 123 households**, the 137th largest of 162 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 448people (2011)
- 123households
- 59.6%literacy
- 495116PIN code

## Sodha Kalan PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code495116
- Gram panchayatUpka
- Community development blockKota
- Census village code437950

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

## How far is Sodha Kalan from nearby towns?

- Kota (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Bilaspur (district HQ)53 km by road
- Kota (nearest town)29 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 Sodha Kalan?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Sodha Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Belghna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kota
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Takhatpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 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 Sodha Kalan known for?

The main crops are **gram, hirwa and maize**. About 47% of the 220 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 Sodha Kalan

Of every 100 households in Sodha Kalan in 2011, 84 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sodha Kalan · ■ Kota rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****75%**

**39%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****52%**

**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 Sodha Kalan?

■ Sodha Kalan · ■ Kota rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**979

Working population ****56.5%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 44.6% for women. 57% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 117 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (39%) · **■** Other work 10 (4%) · **■** Marginal 28 (11%)

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

- Ghansipur510 people
- Khutadih499 people
- Kasai Bahra473 people
- Sodha Khurd469 people
- Nagpura438 people
- Sargond431 people
- Tenganmuda416 people
- Chhuiha406 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sodha Kalan?495116
- How far is Sodha Kalan from Bilaspur?53 km by road
- What is the population of Sodha Kalan?448 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sodha Kalan in?Bilaspur district (Kota sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sodha Kalan?59.6% (Census 2011)