# Kandanara Village, Sakti, Janjgir - Champa (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Sakti, Janjgir - Champa 

# Kandanara

Kandanara is a village in Sakti sub-district of Janjgir - Champa district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495689**. The 2011 Census counted **938 people in 218 households**, the 59th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 938people (2011)
- 218households
- 77.0%literacy
- 495689PIN code

## Kandanara PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code495689
- Gram panchayatMarkamgodhi
- Community development blockSakti
- Census village code436965

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

## How far is Kandanara from nearby towns?

- Sakti (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Janjgir (district HQ)48 km by road
- Sakti (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 Kandanara?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ragja
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sakti
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sakti
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Kandanara known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and mustard**. About 64% of the 236 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Kandanara

Of every 100 households in Kandanara in 2011, 95 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kandanara · ■ Sakti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**92%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****29%**

**27%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**31%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Kandanara?

■ Kandanara · ■ Sakti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**956

Working population ****65.0%**

**51.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 64.7% for women. 66% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (19%) · **■** Other work 31 (5%) · **■** Marginal 430 (70%)

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 Sakti

- Boirdih1,020 people
- Sundreli1,003 people
- Bhagodih996 people
- Putekela992 people
- Arjuni916 people
- Sanguda841 people
- Amapali827 people
- Dandai825 people

[All 128 villages in Sakti](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/janjgir-champa/sakti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kandanara?495689
- How far is Kandanara from Janjgir?48 km by road
- What is the population of Kandanara?938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandanara in?Janjgir - Champa district (Sakti sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kandanara?77.0% (Census 2011)