# Thelka Village, Thanakhamria, Durg (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Thanakhamria, Durg 

# Thelka

Thelka is a village in Thanakhamria sub-district of Durg district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491993**. The 2011 Census counted **1,349 people in 249 households**, the 16th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,349people (2011)
- 249households
- 73.0%literacy
- 491993PIN code

## Thelka PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Thelka is 491993.** Thelka falls in Thanakhamria sub-district, Durg district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491993
- Gram panchayatThelka
- Community development blockSaja
- Census village code442248

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

## How far is Thelka from nearby towns?

- Thanakhamria (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Durg (district HQ)70 km by road
- Thanakhamria (nearest town)11 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 Thelka?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Thelka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Saja
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Parpondi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Thelka known for?

The main crops are **paddy, gram and soyabean**. About 88% of the 501 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Thelka

Of every 100 households in Thelka in 2011, 85 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thelka · ■ Thanakhamria rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**91%

Tap water ****79%**

**15%

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

**9%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****74%**

**44%

Television ****42%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****95%**

**93%

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 Thelka?

■ Thelka · ■ Thanakhamria rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**988

Working population ****50.3%**

**51.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 62.0% for women. 50% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 319 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 224 (33%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 82 (12%)

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 Thanakhamria

- Khati1,421 people
- Padumsara1,371 people
- Padmi1,364 people
- Odiya1,360 people
- Jeora1,343 people
- Rampura1,268 people
- Kirki1,174 people
- Kurud1,148 people

[All 77 villages in Thanakhamria](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/durg/thanakhamria/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Thelka?491993
- How far is Thelka from Durg?70 km by road
- What is the population of Thelka?1,349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thelka in?Durg district (Thanakhamria sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Thelka?73.0% (Census 2011)
