# Mehta Village, Konta, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Konta, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Mehta

Mehta is a village in Konta sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494114**. The 2011 Census counted **253 people in 60 households**, the 120th largest of 241 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 11.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 20.3%.

- 253people (2011)
- 60households
- 11.3%literacy
- 494114PIN code

## Mehta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mehta is 494114.** Mehta falls in Konta sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494114
- Gram panchayatMehta
- Community development blockKonta
- Census village code450402

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

## How far is Mehta from nearby towns?

- Konta (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)27 km by road
- Sukma (nearest town)105 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 Mehta?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Konta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sukma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sukma
- ○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 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.

## Homes and amenities in Mehta

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

■ Mehta · ■ Konta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**17%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**4%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****53%**

**59%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Mehta?

■ Mehta · ■ Konta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****11.3%**

**20.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1556**

**1012

Working population ****77.5%**

**61.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 16.1% for men and 6.2% for women. 77% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 159 (81%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (15%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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 Konta

- Gumodi262 people
- Durma259 people
- Bainpalli255 people
- Badekedwad254 people
- Tumolpad - 1250 people
- Burklanka247 people
- Virapuram246 people
- Todamarka245 people

[All 255 villages in Konta](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/konta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mehta?494114
- How far is Mehta from Dantewada?27 km by road
- What is the population of Mehta?253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mehta in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Konta sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Mehta?11.3% (Census 2011)