# Tetam Village, Katekalyan – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Katekalyan, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Tetam

Tetam is a village in Katekalyan sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494552**. The 2011 Census counted **864 people in 179 households**, the 16th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 16.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 23.3%.

- 864people (2011)
- 179households
- 16.0%literacy
- 494552PIN code

## Tetam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tetam is 494552.** Tetam falls in Katekalyan sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494552
- Gram panchayatTetam
- Community development blockKatekalyan
- Census village code450212

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

## How far is Tetam from nearby towns?

- Katekalyan (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)53 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town)53 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 Tetam?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tetam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Dantewada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Geedam
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Tetam known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 32% of the 1,040 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 Tetam

Of every 100 households in Tetam in 2011, 16 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tetam · ■ Katekalyan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****57%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**7%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****63%**

**78%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tetam?

■ Tetam · ■ Katekalyan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****16.0%**

**23.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**1070

Working population ****41.3%**

**55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 23.1% for men and 8.6% for women. 50% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 291 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 34 (10%) · **■** Marginal 11 (3%)

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 Katekalyan

- Telam1,355 people
- Gatam1,204 people
- Bengloor1,088 people
- Chikpal1,047 people
- Mathadi841 people
- Chhotegudra773 people
- Mahrakarka751 people
- Koriras725 people

[All 43 villages in Katekalyan](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/katekalyan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tetam?494552
- How far is Tetam from Dantewada?53 km by road
- What is the population of Tetam?864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tetam in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Katekalyan sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Tetam?16.0% (Census 2011)