# Podi Kalan Village, Champa, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/champa/podi-kalan/ Village · Champa, Janjgir - Champa # Podi Kalan Podi Kalan is a village in Champa sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495687**. The 2011 Census counted **966 people in 202 households**, the 54th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%. - 966people (2011) - 202households - 65.9%literacy - 495687PIN code ## Podi Kalan PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Podi Kalan is 495687.** Podi Kalan falls in Champa sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code495687 - Gram panchayatPodi Kalan - Community development blockBamhnidih - Census village code436823 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Podi Kalan from nearby towns? - Champa (sub-district HQ)12 km by road - Janjgir (district HQ)22 km by road - Champa (nearest town)12 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 Podi Kalan? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Podi Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Sports fieldIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kamreli - ○Degree college10+ km · Champa - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Saragaon - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post office10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATM10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, 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 Podi Kalan known for? The main crops are **paddy, wheat and tivra**. About 76% of the 240 hectares of village land is sown, and 167 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 Podi Kalan Of every 100 households in Podi Kalan in 2011, 94 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Podi Kalan · ■ Champa rural average Electricity for lighting ****94%** **88% Toilet within the home ****5%** **12% No toilet (open defecation) ****95%** **87% Tap water ****0%** **4% Drinking water within premises ****4%** **14% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%** **97% Use banking services ****19%** **20% Television ****40%** **34% Mobile phone ****22%** **28% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****9%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****24%** **29% Own their home ****95%** **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 Podi Kalan? ■ Podi Kalan · ■ Champa rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****65.9%** **72.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1142** **976 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933** **935 Working population ****65.4%** **55.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 77.1% for men and 56.4% for women. 65% of men and 66% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 249 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (14%) · **■** Marginal 198 (31%) 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 - Bhadara1,001 people - Lachhanpur1,001 people - Bhanwarmal986 people - Mauhadih985 people - Parsapali963 people - Khamhiya952 people - Deoraha949 people - Mudpar934 people [All 86 villages in Champa](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/champa/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Podi Kalan?495687 - How far is Podi Kalan from Janjgir?22 km by road - What is the population of Podi Kalan?966 (Census 2011) - Which district is Podi Kalan in?Janjgir - Champa district (Champa sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Podi Kalan?65.9% (Census 2011)