# Pordem Village, Sukma, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Sukma, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 

# Pordem

Pordem is a village in Sukma sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494111**. The 2011 Census counted **607 people in 127 households**, the 32nd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 1.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 33.4%.

- 607people (2011)
- 127households
- 1.8%literacy
- 494111PIN code

## Pordem PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pordem is 494111.** Pordem falls in Sukma sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494111
- Gram panchayatPordem
- Community development blockSukma
- Census village code450652

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

## How far is Pordem from nearby towns?

- Sukma (sub-district HQ)38 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ)60 km by road
- Sukma (nearest town)38 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 Pordem?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Pordem; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gadiras
- ○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
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Pordem known for?

About 60% of the 954 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 Pordem

Of every 100 households in Pordem 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.

■ Pordem · ■ Sukma rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**35%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**5%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****82%**

**66%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Pordem?

■ Pordem · ■ Sukma rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****1.8%**

**33.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1248**

**1060

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1216**

**987

Working population ****56.3%**

**58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 3.2% for men and 0.7% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 260 (76%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 81 (24%)

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 Sukma

- Nagaras754 people
- Chingawaram700 people
- Geedam634 people
- Borguda624 people
- Mulaguda565 people
- Dodpal553 people
- Puspalli510 people
- Paria468 people

[All 52 villages in Sukma](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/sukma/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pordem?494111
- How far is Pordem from Dantewada?60 km by road
- What is the population of Pordem?607 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pordem in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Sukma sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pordem?1.8% (Census 2011)