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

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Village · Gidam, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Purantarai

Purantarai is a village in Gidam sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494449**. The 2011 Census counted **609 people in 137 households**, the 41st largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.5%.

- 609people (2011)
- 137households
- 34.4%literacy
- 494449PIN code

## Purantarai PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494449
- Gram panchayatUpet
- Community development blockGeedam
- Census village code450178

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

## How far is Purantarai from nearby towns?

- Geedam (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)24 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)12 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 Purantarai?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Purantarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Barsur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Purantarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, corn-ear and kulthi**. About 74% of the 310 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 Purantarai

Of every 100 households in Purantarai in 2011, 19 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purantarai · ■ Gidam rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**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 ****12%**

**26%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Purantarai?

■ Purantarai · ■ Gidam rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.4%**

**46.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1093**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1089**

**989

Working population ****62.1%**

**56.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 23.0% for women. 58% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 360 (95%)

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

- Jhodiyawadam686 people
- Badekarka669 people
- Muhander635 people
- Nagphani629 people
- Gutoli608 people
- Tarlapal549 people
- Upet513 people
- Fundari512 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Purantarai?494449
- How far is Purantarai from Dantewada?24 km by road
- What is the population of Purantarai?609 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purantarai in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Gidam sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Purantarai?34.4% (Census 2011)