# Pongro Village, Kansabel, Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kansabel, Jashpur 

# Pongro

Pongro is a village in Kansabel sub-district of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494447**. The 2011 Census counted **2,812 people in 689 households**, the 7th largest of 62 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 2,812people (2011)
- 689households
- 73.2%literacy
- 494447PIN code

## Pongro PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pongro is 494447.** Pongro falls in Kansabel sub-district, Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494447
- Gram panchayatPongro
- Community development blockKansabel
- Census village code433753

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

## How far is Pongro from nearby towns?

- Kansabel (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Jashpur Nagar (district HQ)74 km by road
- Jashpur Nagar (nearest town)74 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 Pongro?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Pongro; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kansabel
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jashpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kunkuri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)21 h summer · 22 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 Pongro known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tomato and pigeon pea**. About 57% of the 985 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Pongro

Of every 100 households in Pongro in 2011, 76 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pongro · ■ Kansabel rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****38%**

**44%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**35%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Pongro?

■ Pongro · ■ Kansabel rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**1028

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**960

Working population ****40.8%**

**56.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 63.9% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 229 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 647 (56%) · **■** Household industry 50 (4%) · **■** Other work 76 (7%) · **■** Marginal 145 (13%)

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 Kansabel

- Nakbar4,454 people
- Dokada4,192 people
- Tangargaon3,054 people
- Deori2,951 people
- Chongribahar2,624 people
- Tilanga2,128 people
- Chidora2,119 people
- Jumai Kela1,896 people

[All 62 villages in Kansabel](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/jashpur/kansabel/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pongro?494447
- How far is Pongro from Jashpur Nagar?74 km by road
- What is the population of Pongro?2,812 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pongro in?Jashpur district (Kansabel sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pongro?73.2% (Census 2011)