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

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Village · Janjgir, Janjgir - Champa 

# Khokhsa

Khokhsa is a village in Janjgir sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495668**. The 2011 Census counted **2,945 people in 581 households**, the 15th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 2,945people (2011)
- 581households
- 76.9%literacy
- 495668PIN code

## Khokhsa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Khokhsa is 495668.** Khokhsa falls in Janjgir sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495668
- Gram panchayatKhokhsa
- Community development blockNawagarh
- Census village code436563

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

## How far is Khokhsa from nearby towns?

- Janjgir (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)4 km by road
- Naila-Janjgir (nearest town)4 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 Khokhsa?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Janjgir
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Janjgir
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Champa
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand 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 Khokhsa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 75% of the 662 hectares of village land is sown, and 490 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 Khokhsa

Of every 100 households in Khokhsa in 2011, 94 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khokhsa · ■ Janjgir rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****25%**

**21%

Television ****38%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**26%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Khokhsa?

■ Khokhsa · ■ Janjgir rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**968

Working population ****55.8%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 65.2% for women. 58% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 581 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 274 (17%) · **■** Marginal 613 (37%)

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 Janjgir

- Jarwe3,150 people
- Kutra3,099 people
- Dharashiv2,984 people
- Lachhanpur2,981 people
- Munund2,921 people
- Bhadesar2,855 people
- Amoda2,815 people
- Sukli2,737 people

[All 50 villages in Janjgir](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/janjgir/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Khokhsa?495668
- How far is Khokhsa from Janjgir?4 km by road
- What is the population of Khokhsa?2,945 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khokhsa in?Janjgir - Champa district (Janjgir sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Khokhsa?76.9% (Census 2011)
