# Agarikalan Village, Kawardha, Kabeerdham (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kawardha, Kabeerdham 

# Agarikalan

Agarikalan is a village in Kawardha sub-district of Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491995**. The 2011 Census counted **729 people in 134 households**, the 101st largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 729people (2011)
- 134households
- 49.7%literacy
- 491995PIN code

## Agarikalan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Agarikalan is 491995.** Agarikalan falls in Kawardha sub-district, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491995
- Gram panchayatDudhiya
- Community development blockKawardha
- Census village code439138

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

## How far is Agarikalan from nearby towns?

- Kawardha (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Kawardha (district HQ)26 km by road
- Kawardha (nearest town)26 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 Agarikalan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Agarikalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dashrangpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kawardha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kawardha
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 5 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 Agarikalan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, soyabean and gram**. About 84% of the 245 hectares of village land is sown, and 23 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 Agarikalan

Of every 100 households in Agarikalan in 2011, 97 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Agarikalan · ■ Kawardha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****91%**

**63%

Television ****22%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**35%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Agarikalan?

■ Agarikalan · ■ Kawardha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.7%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**981

Working population ****37.0%**

**50.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.8% for men and 40.2% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 91 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (64%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%)

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 Kawardha

- Birutola760 people
- Maharatola751 people
- Gyanpur750 people
- Nawagaon Tiwari742 people
- Joratal726 people
- Baiji717 people
- Ghirghosa712 people
- Baghamuda709 people

[All 182 villages in Kawardha](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/kabeerdham/kawardha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Agarikalan?491995
- How far is Agarikalan from Kawardha?26 km by road
- What is the population of Agarikalan?729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agarikalan in?Kabeerdham district (Kawardha sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Agarikalan?49.7% (Census 2011)