# Alnar Village, Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Alnar

Alnar is a village in Gidam sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **900 people in 213 households**, the 26th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 900people (2011)
- 213households
- 34.9%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Alnar PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatAlnar
- Community development blockGeedam
- Census village code450162

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

## How far is Alnar from nearby towns?

- Geedam (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)18 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)18 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 Alnar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dantewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dantewada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Alnar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 47% of the 951 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 Alnar

Of every 100 households in Alnar in 2011, 41 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Alnar · ■ Gidam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****80%**

**59%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Alnar?

■ Alnar · ■ Gidam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.9%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****735**

**989

Working population ****65.7%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 24.1% for women. 63% of men and 68% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 530 (90%)

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 Gidam

- Tumirgunda1,121 people
- Madase1,098 people
- Katulnar1,081 people
- Nagul957 people
- Mofalnar898 people
- Gumalnar897 people
- Korkoti821 people
- Jodatarai808 people

[All 67 villages in Gidam](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/gidam/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alnar?494449
- How far is Alnar from Dantewada?18 km by road
- What is the population of Alnar?900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alnar in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Gidam sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Alnar?34.9% (Census 2011)