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

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Village · Konta, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Penta

Penta is a village in Konta sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494122**. The 2011 Census counted **626 people in 173 households**, the 36th largest of 241 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 10.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 20.3%.

- 626people (2011)
- 173households
- 10.7%literacy
- 494122PIN code

## Penta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Penta is 494122.** Penta falls in Konta sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494122
- Gram panchayatNagalgunda
- Community development blockKonta
- Census village code450376

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

## How far is Penta from nearby towns?

- Konta (sub-district HQ)39 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)115 km by road
- Dornapal (nearest town)4 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 Penta?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Penta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dornapal
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sukma
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jagdalpur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Penta known for?

About 26% of the 1,335 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 Penta

Of every 100 households in Penta in 2011, 86 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Penta · ■ Konta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**4%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**1%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****71%**

**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 Penta?

■ Penta · ■ Konta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****10.7%**

**20.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****925**

**1012

Working population ****71.6%**

**61.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 15.6% for men and 6.1% for women. 72% of men and 72% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 444 (99%) · **■** Other work 4 (1%)

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

- Regadgatta663 people
- Karigundam661 people
- Temalpada647 people
- Kunded641 people
- Pedakurti622 people
- Kotaguda621 people
- Alampalli601 people
- Kistaram572 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Penta?494122
- How far is Penta from Dantewada?115 km by road
- What is the population of Penta?626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Penta in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Konta sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Penta?10.7% (Census 2011)