# Balpet Village, Dantewada – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Balpet

Balpet is a village in Dantewada sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **1,568 people in 376 households**, the 14th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 32.6%.

- 1,568people (2011)
- 376households
- 59.0%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Balpet PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balpet is 494449.** Balpet falls in Dantewada sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatBalpet
- Community development blockDantewada
- Census village code450070

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

## How far is Balpet from nearby towns?

- Dantewada (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)10 km by road
- Dantewada (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 Balpet?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 · Dantewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chitalanka
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Balpet known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kulthi**. About 49% of the 785 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Balpet

Of every 100 households in Balpet in 2011, 36 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balpet · ■ Dantewada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****52%**

**31%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**10%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**62%

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 Balpet?

■ Balpet · ■ Dantewada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**32.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**1070

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**992

Working population ****52.7%**

**54.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 44.5% for women. 57% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (11%) · **■** Marginal 732 (89%)

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 Dantewada

- Badekameli1,741 people
- Gadapal1,671 people
- Molasnar1,619 people
- Gamawada1,574 people
- Matenar1,516 people
- Chandenar1,435 people
- Bhansi1,365 people
- Kumharras1,309 people

[All 59 villages in Dantewada](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/dantewada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balpet?494449
- How far is Balpet from Dantewada?10 km by road
- What is the population of Balpet?1,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balpet in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Dantewada sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Balpet?59.0% (Census 2011)