# Ghontha Village, Nawagarh, Durg (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Nawagarh, Durg 

# Ghontha

Ghontha is a village in Nawagarh sub-district of Durg district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491337**. The 2011 Census counted **747 people in 170 households**, the 101st largest of 185 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 747people (2011)
- 170households
- 59.5%literacy
- 491337PIN code

## Ghontha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Ghontha is 491337.** Ghontha falls in Nawagarh sub-district, Durg district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491337
- Gram panchayatBhimpuri
- Community development blockNawagarh
- Census village code441720

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

## How far is Ghontha from nearby towns?

- Nawagarh (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Durg (district HQ)109 km by road
- Nawagarh (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 Ghontha?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Ghontha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nawagarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Mungeli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bemetra
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Ghontha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and gram**. About 87% of the 258 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Ghontha

Of every 100 households in Ghontha in 2011, 72 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghontha · ■ Nawagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**76%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****67%**

**35%

Television ****16%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**39%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Ghontha?

■ Ghontha · ■ Nawagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**971

Working population ****54.8%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 46.1% for women. 54% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 386 (94%)

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 Nawagarh

- Murkuta785 people
- Makkhanpur784 people
- Itai761 people
- Seoni748 people
- Dayalpur743 people
- Madanpur733 people
- Murkuta731 people
- Boirkachhar710 people

[All 185 villages in Nawagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/durg/nawagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Ghontha?491337
- How far is Ghontha from Durg?109 km by road
- What is the population of Ghontha?747 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghontha in?Durg district (Nawagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghontha?59.5% (Census 2011)