# Kaurgaon Village, Gidam – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Kaurgaon

Kaurgaon is a village in Gidam sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **1,439 people in 322 households**, the 14th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 1,439people (2011)
- 322households
- 46.3%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Kaurgaon PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatKaurgaon
- Community development blockGeedam
- Census village code450118

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

## How far is Kaurgaon from nearby towns?

- Geedam (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)47 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)35 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 Kaurgaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Kaurgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kosra**. About 25% of the 2,608 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 Kaurgaon

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

■ Kaurgaon · ■ Gidam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**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 ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****69%**

**26%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****64%**

**59%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kaurgaon?

■ Kaurgaon · ■ Gidam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1145**

**989

Working population ****68.5%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.3% for men and 55.3% for women. 67% of men and 70% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 104 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (8%) · **■** Other work 2 (0%) · **■** Marginal 799 (81%)

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

- Samlur1,600 people
- Chhotetumar1,535 people
- Hiranar1,526 people
- Jaunga1,489 people
- Chhindnar1,390 people
- Faraspal Alias Bodali1,366 people
- Muchnar1,301 people
- Hitameta1,251 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kaurgaon?494449
- How far is Kaurgaon from Dantewada?47 km by road
- What is the population of Kaurgaon?1,439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaurgaon in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Gidam sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kaurgaon?46.3% (Census 2011)