# Darang Village, Champa, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Champa, Janjgir - Champa 

# Darang

Darang is a village in Champa sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495687**. The 2011 Census counted **1,780 people in 406 households**, the 26th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.

- 1,780people (2011)
- 406households
- 70.7%literacy
- 495687PIN code

## Darang PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Darang is 495687.** Darang falls in Champa sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495687
- Gram panchayatDarang
- Community development blockBamhnidih
- Census village code436820

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

## How far is Darang from nearby towns?

- Champa (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)26 km by road
- Champa (nearest town)14 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 Darang?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Darang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Amreli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Champa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Saragaon
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Darang known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and pigeon pea**. About 83% of the 420 hectares of village land is sown, and 316 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 Darang

Of every 100 households in Darang in 2011, 93 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Darang · ■ Champa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****19%**

**20%

Television ****28%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Darang?

■ Darang · ■ Champa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**72.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**935

Working population ****71.2%**

**55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 55.9% for women. 73% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 381 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (9%) · **■** Other work 149 (12%) · **■** Marginal 620 (49%)

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 Champa

- Sanjaygram1,986 people
- Lakhali1,858 people
- Balpur1,843 people
- Amruwa1,841 people
- Piparda1,753 people
- Deorani1,749 people
- Kadari1,683 people
- Govinda1,665 people

[All 86 villages in Champa](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/champa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Darang?495687
- How far is Darang from Janjgir?26 km by road
- What is the population of Darang?1,780 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Darang in?Janjgir - Champa district (Champa sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Darang?70.7% (Census 2011)