# Chharchha Village, Baikunthpur, Koriya (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Baikunthpur, Koriya 

# Chharchha

Chharchha is a village in Baikunthpur sub-district of Koriya district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497335**. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 156 households**, the 70th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 667people (2011)
- 156households
- 70.9%literacy
- 497335PIN code

## Chharchha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chharchha is 497335.** Chharchha falls in Baikunthpur sub-district, Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497335
- Gram panchayatCherwapara
- Community development blockBaikunthpur
- Census village code431384

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

## How far is Chharchha from nearby towns?

- Baikunthpur (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Baikunthpur (district HQ)7 km by road
- Baikunthpur (nearest town)7 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 Chharchha?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Chharchha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Cherwapara
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Baikunthpur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Katgodi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Chharchha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and mustard**. About 28% of the 503 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Chharchha

Of every 100 households in Chharchha in 2011, 45 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chharchha · ■ Baikunthpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**14%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****55%**

**63%

Television ****10%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Chharchha?

■ Chharchha · ■ Baikunthpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**961

Working population ****57.0%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 55.8% for women. 61% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 94 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (17%) · **■** Marginal 221 (58%)

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 Baikunthpur

- Parcha693 people
- Pipardand690 people
- Ajokhurd678 people
- Cherwapara678 people
- Kadamnara655 people
- Karahiya Khand639 people
- Mudijhariya613 people
- Putadand597 people

[All 125 villages in Baikunthpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/koriya/baikunthpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chharchha?497335
- How far is Chharchha from Baikunthpur?7 km by road
- What is the population of Chharchha?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chharchha in?Koriya district (Baikunthpur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Chharchha?70.9% (Census 2011)
