# Lewai Village, Baloda, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Baloda, Janjgir - Champa 

# Lewai

Lewai is a village in Baloda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495559**. The 2011 Census counted **818 people in 200 households**, the 43rd largest of 69 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.0%.

- 818people (2011)
- 200households
- 76.1%literacy
- 495559PIN code

## Lewai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Lewai is 495559.** Lewai falls in Baloda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495559
- Gram panchayatNawapara
- Community development blockBaloda
- Census village code436688

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

## How far is Lewai from nearby towns?

- Baloda (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)35 km by road
- Baloda (nearest town)13 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 Lewai?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Lewai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khisora
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baloda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Akaltara
- ○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, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 5 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 Lewai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and wheat**. About 74% of the 263 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Lewai

Of every 100 households in Lewai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lewai · ■ Baloda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****53%**

**21%

Television ****37%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**40%

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 Lewai?

■ Lewai · ■ Baloda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**968

Working population ****55.9%**

**58.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 65.3% for women. 63% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 224 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (27%) · **■** Other work 56 (12%) · **■** Marginal 54 (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 Baloda

- Junnadih1,062 people
- Bagdabri1,046 people
- Khari914 people
- Rainpur876 people
- Nawapara817 people
- Koliha Deori816 people
- Baijalpur786 people
- Panora785 people

[All 69 villages in Baloda](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/baloda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Lewai?495559
- How far is Lewai from Janjgir?35 km by road
- What is the population of Lewai?818 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lewai in?Janjgir - Champa district (Baloda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Lewai?76.1% (Census 2011)