# Keshapur Village, Dantewada – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Keshapur

Keshapur is a village in Dantewada sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **905 people in 173 households**, the 25th largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 32.6%.

- 905people (2011)
- 173households
- 35.5%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Keshapur PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatKeshapur
- Community development blockDantewada
- Census village code450080

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

## How far is Keshapur 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 Keshapur?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Keshapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Dantewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Keshapur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kulthi**. About 39% of the 932 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 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 Keshapur

Of every 100 households in Keshapur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Keshapur · ■ Dantewada rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**29%

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

**6%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****27%**

**31%

Television ****7%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**10%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****51%**

**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 Keshapur?

■ Keshapur · ■ Dantewada rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.5%**

**32.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****836**

**1070

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****638**

**992

Working population ****51.7%**

**54.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.5% for men and 20.9% for women. 45% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 404 (86%) · **■** Other work 26 (6%) · **■** Marginal 38 (8%)

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

- Kawalnar1,007 people
- Kuper985 people
- Kawadgaon941 people
- Fulnar920 people
- Nerli871 people
- Bhogam841 people
- Mendoli731 people
- Netapur728 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Keshapur?494449
- How far is Keshapur from Dantewada?10 km by road
- What is the population of Keshapur?905 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keshapur in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Dantewada sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Keshapur?35.5% (Census 2011)