# Gorkapali Village, Malkharoda, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Malkharoda, Janjgir - Champa 

# Gorkapali

Gorkapali is a village in Malkharoda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495689**. The 2011 Census counted **757 people in 199 households**, the 81st largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 757people (2011)
- 199households
- 68.8%literacy
- 495689PIN code

## Gorkapali PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gorkapali is 495689.** Gorkapali falls in Malkharoda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495689
- Gram panchayatGorkapali
- Community development blockMalkharoda
- Census village code437221

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

## How far is Gorkapali from nearby towns?

- Malkharoda (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)52 km by road
- Sakti (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 Gorkapali?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Gorkapali; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Suloani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Gorkapali known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 69% of the 112 hectares of village land is sown, and 43 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 Gorkapali

Of every 100 households in Gorkapali in 2011, 44 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorkapali · ■ Malkharoda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****2%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gorkapali?

■ Gorkapali · ■ Malkharoda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**946

Working population ****56.0%**

**58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 56.4% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 244 (58%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 74 (17%) · **■** Marginal 88 (21%)

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 Malkharoda

- Diksi764 people
- Sakarri764 people
- Satgarh763 people
- Chhote Rabeli759 people
- Parsadih722 people
- Basantpur698 people
- Barpali695 people
- Banjaree662 people

[All 109 villages in Malkharoda](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/malkharoda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gorkapali?495689
- How far is Gorkapali from Janjgir?52 km by road
- What is the population of Gorkapali?757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorkapali in?Janjgir - Champa district (Malkharoda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorkapali?68.8% (Census 2011)