# Chitalanka Village, Dantewada – PIN Code & Facilities > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/dantewada/chitalanka/ Village · Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada # Chitalanka Chitalanka is a village in Dantewada sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **2,290 people in 512 households**, the 5th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 32.6%. - 2,290people (2011) - 512households - 72.3%literacy - 494449PIN code ## Chitalanka PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Chitalanka is 494449.** Chitalanka falls in Dantewada sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code494449 - Gram panchayatChitalanka - Community development blockDantewada - Census village code450072 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Chitalanka from nearby towns? - Dantewada (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Dantewada (district HQ)1 km by road - Dantewada (nearest town)1 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 Chitalanka? 16 services counted by the Census are inside Chitalanka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private - ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 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, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Chitalanka known for? The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 50% of the 763 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 Chitalanka Of every 100 households in Chitalanka in 2011, 74 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Chitalanka · ■ Dantewada rural average Electricity for lighting ****74%** **29% Toilet within the home ****16%** **6% No toilet (open defecation) ****84%** **92% Tap water ****1%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****8%** **3% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%** **98% Use banking services ****85%** **31% Television ****28%** **6% Mobile phone ****54%** **10% Computer with internet ****1%** **0% Two-wheeler ****19%** **4% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **0% None of these assets ****20%** **62% Own their home ****73%** **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 Chitalanka? ■ Chitalanka · ■ Dantewada rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%** **32.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021** **1070 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986** **992 Working population ****30.5%** **54.8% ### Women and men Literacy is 82.0% for men and 62.9% for women. 50% of men and 12% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 149 (21%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 365 (52%) · **■** Marginal 180 (26%) 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 - Metapal4,435 people - Balood3,352 people - Pondum2,764 people - Dugeli2,646 people - Ganjenar2,109 people - Dhurli2,068 people - Masenar2,048 people - Teknar1,797 people [All 59 villages in Dantewada](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/dantewada/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Chitalanka?494449 - How far is Chitalanka from Dantewada?1 km by road - What is the population of Chitalanka?2,290 (Census 2011) - Which district is Chitalanka in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Dantewada sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Chitalanka?72.3% (Census 2011)