# Karji Village, Baikunthpur, Koriya (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Baikunthpur, Koriya 

# Karji

Karji is a village in Baikunthpur sub-district of Koriya district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497331**. The 2011 Census counted **1,560 people in 378 households**, the 23rd largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,560people (2011)
- 378households
- 71.9%literacy
- 497331PIN code

## Karji PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karji is 497331.** Karji falls in Baikunthpur sub-district, Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497331
- Gram panchayatKarji
- Community development blockBaikunthpur
- Census village code431484

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

## How far is Karji from nearby towns?

- Baikunthpur (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Baikunthpur (district HQ)17 km by road
- Baikunthpur (nearest town)17 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 Karji?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Baikunthpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Karji known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 90% of the 328 hectares of village land is sown, and 45 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 Karji

Of every 100 households in Karji in 2011, 72 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karji · ■ Baikunthpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**92%

Tap water ****18%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**14%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****51%**

**63%

Television ****21%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**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 Karji?

■ Karji · ■ Baikunthpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**961

Working population ****51.7%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 58.5% for women. 56% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (7%) · **■** Marginal 491 (61%)

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

- Girjapur1,665 people
- Gadbadi1,637 people
- Amapara1,617 people
- Bardiya1,605 people
- Mansukh1,466 people
- Kanchanpur1,433 people
- Sawanrawan1,425 people
- Champajhar1,376 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karji?497331
- How far is Karji from Baikunthpur?17 km by road
- What is the population of Karji?1,560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karji in?Koriya district (Baikunthpur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Karji?71.9% (Census 2011)
