# Tanakhar Village, Poundi-Uproda, Korba (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Poundi-Uproda, Korba 

# Tanakhar

Tanakhar is a village in Poundi-Uproda sub-district of Korba district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491228**. The 2011 Census counted **1,862 people in 400 households**, the 18th largest of 209 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,862people (2011)
- 400households
- 64.6%literacy
- 491228PIN code

## Tanakhar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tanakhar is 491228.** Tanakhar falls in Poundi-Uproda sub-district, Korba district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491228
- Gram panchayatTanakhar
- Community development blockPondiupraura
- Census village code436065

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

## How far is Tanakhar from nearby towns?

- Poundi-Uproda (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Korba (district HQ)35 km by road
- Katghora (nearest town)5 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 Tanakhar?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Tanakhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Katghoda
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Katghora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Korba
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Tanakhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and pigeon pea**. About 35% of the 1,247 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Tanakhar

Of every 100 households in Tanakhar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tanakhar · ■ Poundi-Uproda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**37%

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

**9%

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

**90%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****31%**

**49%

Television ****13%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**10%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****17%**

**50%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Tanakhar?

■ Tanakhar · ■ Poundi-Uproda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**987

Working population ****59.9%**

**51.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 52.9% for women. 63% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 908 (81%)

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 Poundi-Uproda

- Rampur2,025 people
- Tuman1,974 people
- Sirmina1,944 people
- Gursiya1,903 people
- Morga1,771 people
- Pondi Khurd1,761 people
- Kumahari Sani1,757 people
- Sarbhoka1,743 people

[All 212 villages in Poundi-Uproda](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/korba/poundi-uproda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tanakhar?491228
- How far is Tanakhar from Korba?35 km by road
- What is the population of Tanakhar?1,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanakhar in?Korba district (Poundi-Uproda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Tanakhar?64.6% (Census 2011)
