# Gangpur Village, Kawardha, Kabeerdham (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kawardha, Kabeerdham 

# Gangpur

Gangpur is a village in Kawardha sub-district of Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495445**. The 2011 Census counted **1,121 people in 241 households**, the 50th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.0%.

- 1,121people (2011)
- 241households
- 61.5%literacy
- 495445PIN code

## Gangpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gangpur is 495445.** Gangpur falls in Kawardha sub-district, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495445
- Gram panchayatGangpur
- Community development blockKawardha
- Census village code439081

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

## How far is Gangpur from nearby towns?

- Kawardha (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Kawardha (district HQ)18 km by road
- Pipariya (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 Gangpur?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Gangpur; 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
- ●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 · Pipariya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kawardha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kawardha
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 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)7 h summer · 8 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 Gangpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, soyabean and gram**. About 77% of the 292 hectares of village land is sown, and 55 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 Gangpur

Of every 100 households in Gangpur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangpur · ■ Kawardha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****45%**

**63%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gangpur?

■ Gangpur · ■ Kawardha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**60.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**1000

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**981

Working population ****49.1%**

**50.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 49.0% for women. 55% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 269 (49%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 52 (9%)

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

- Amalidih1,150 people
- Kutkipara1,132 people
- Barpelatola1,124 people
- Rengakhar Khurd1,124 people
- Biptara1,114 people
- Ramhepur Khurd1,109 people
- Hirapur1,105 people
- Marpa1,105 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gangpur?495445
- How far is Gangpur from Kawardha?18 km by road
- What is the population of Gangpur?1,121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangpur in?Kabeerdham district (Kawardha sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gangpur?61.5% (Census 2011)
