Village · Malkharoda, Janjgir - Champa
# Ourda

Ourda is a village in Malkharoda sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 495689. The 2011 Census counted 1,411 people in 254 households, the 35th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.
- 1,411 people (2011)
- 254 households
- 70.0% literacy
- 495689 PIN code

## Ourda PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Ourda is 495689. Ourda falls in Malkharoda sub-district, Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh.
- PIN code 495689
- Gram panchayat Ourda
- Community development block Malkharoda
- Census village code 437222

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Ourda from nearby towns?
- Malkharoda (sub-district HQ) 17 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ) 50 km by road
- Sakti (nearest town) 12 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Ourda?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Suloani
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Malkharoda
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Ourda known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 74% of the 248 hectares of village land is sown, and 134 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Ourda

Of every 100 households in Ourda in 2011, 96 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ourda · ■ Malkharoda rural average
- Electricity for lighting 96% 94%
- Toilet within the home 3% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 87%
- Tap water 1% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 22% 24%
- Television 57% 32%
- Mobile phone 38% 27%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 8% 28%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ourda?

■ Ourda · ■ Malkharoda rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.0% 70.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 957 1008
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1024 946
- Working population 69.5% 58.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 56.9% for women. 70% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 184 (19%) · ■ Farm labourers 322 (33%) · ■ Other work 83 (8%) · ■ Marginal 391 (40%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Malkharoda
- Chhote Sipat 1,526 people
- Nawapara 1,506 people
- Mudpar 1,496 people
- Limgaon 1,427 people
- Bhanta 1,404 people
- Ghoghari 1,389 people
- Jamgahan 1,355 people
- Bundeli 1,349 people

All 109 villages in Malkharoda

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Ourda? 495689
- How far is Ourda from Janjgir? 50 km by road
- What is the population of Ourda? 1,411 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ourda in? Janjgir - Champa district (Malkharoda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Ourda? 70.0% (Census 2011)

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