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

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Village · Malkharoda, Janjgir - Champa 

# Karigaon

Karigaon is a village in Malkharoda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495691**. The 2011 Census counted **1,551 people in 374 households**, the 28th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,551people (2011)
- 374households
- 71.0%literacy
- 495691PIN code

## Karigaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karigaon is 495691.** Karigaon falls in Malkharoda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495691
- Gram panchayatKarigaon
- Community development blockMalkharoda
- Census village code437245

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

## How far is Karigaon from nearby towns?

- Malkharoda (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)50 km by road
- Adbhar (nearest town)3 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 Karigaon?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Karigaon; 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 · Bandora
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Malkharoda
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Malkharoda
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Karigaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 82% of the 461 hectares of village land is sown, and 354 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 Karigaon

Of every 100 households in Karigaon in 2011, 100 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karigaon · ■ Malkharoda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****34%**

**24%

Television ****25%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Karigaon?

■ Karigaon · ■ Malkharoda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**946

Working population ****63.3%**

**58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 60.9% for women. 68% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 179 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (13%) · **■** Other work 82 (8%) · **■** Marginal 595 (61%)

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

- Ranpota1,846 people
- Mohandi Kala1,843 people
- Bade Rabeli1,799 people
- Charpara1,591 people
- Deogaon1,538 people
- Charouda1,532 people
- Chhote Sipat1,526 people
- Nawapara1,506 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karigaon?495691
- How far is Karigaon from Janjgir?50 km by road
- What is the population of Karigaon?1,551 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karigaon in?Janjgir - Champa district (Malkharoda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Karigaon?71.0% (Census 2011)