Village · Champa, Janjgir - Champa
# Kumharikalan

Kumharikalan is a village in Champa sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 494226. The 2011 Census counted 1,341 people in 293 households, the 38th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.
- 1,341 people (2011)
- 293 households
- 72.3% literacy
- 494226 PIN code

## Kumharikalan PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Kumharikalan is 494226. Kumharikalan falls in Champa sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.
- PIN code 494226
- Gram panchayat Kumharikalan
- Community development block Bamhnidih
- Census village code 436836

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Kumharikalan from nearby towns?
- Champa (sub-district HQ) 15 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ) 22 km by road
- Baradwar (nearest town) 81 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Kumharikalan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kumharikalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Jhirna
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Baradwar
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kumharikalan known for?

The main crops are paddy, wheat and tivra. About 78% of the 258 hectares of village land is sown, and 194 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Kumharikalan

Of every 100 households in Kumharikalan in 2011, 86 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kumharikalan · ■ Champa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 86% 88%
- Toilet within the home 5% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 95% 87%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 14%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 29% 20%
- Television 34% 34%
- Mobile phone 21% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 23% 29%
- Own their home 99% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kumharikalan?

■ Kumharikalan · ■ Champa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.3% 72.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 996 976
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 812 935
- Working population 55.4% 55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 58.7% for women. 64% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 131 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 95 (13%) · ■ Other work 83 (11%) · ■ Marginal 434 (58%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Champa
- Bandabhra 1,521 people
- Gidhauri 1,487 people
- Rohda 1,416 people
- Naktidih 1,349 people
- Sonadah 1,313 people
- Uchbhatti 1,303 people
- Bansula 1,284 people
- Borsi 1,274 people

All 86 villages in Champa

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Kumharikalan? 494226
- How far is Kumharikalan from Janjgir? 22 km by road
- What is the population of Kumharikalan? 1,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumharikalan in? Janjgir - Champa district (Champa sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kumharikalan? 72.3% (Census 2011)

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