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

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Village · Janjgir, Janjgir - Champa 

# Sewai

Sewai is a village in Janjgir sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495668**. The 2011 Census counted **1,047 people in 197 households**, the 37th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 1,047people (2011)
- 197households
- 77.3%literacy
- 495668PIN code

## Sewai PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code495668
- Gram panchayatMehanda
- Community development blockNawagarh
- Census village code436582

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

## How far is Sewai from nearby towns?

- Janjgir (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)15 km by road
- Naila-Janjgir (nearest town)15 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 Sewai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Sewai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Sub post officeIn 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 school10+ km · Janjgir
- ○Degree college10+ km · Janjgir
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Champa
- ○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 watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 12 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 Sewai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and linseed**. About 77% of the 339 hectares of village land is sown, and 255 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 Sewai

Of every 100 households in Sewai in 2011, 97 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sewai · ■ Janjgir rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**12%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**21%

Television ****34%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sewai?

■ Sewai · ■ Janjgir rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**968

Working population ****37.5%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 63.7% for women. 48% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 108 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (10%) · **■** Other work 31 (8%) · **■** Marginal 214 (54%)

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

- Karmandi1,278 people
- Kanai1,166 people
- Hathitikra1,107 people
- Mauhadih1,052 people
- Akaltari1,029 people
- Nawapara959 people
- Markadih895 people
- Nawapara837 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sewai?495668
- How far is Sewai from Janjgir?15 km by road
- What is the population of Sewai?1,047 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sewai in?Janjgir - Champa district (Janjgir sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Sewai?77.3% (Census 2011)