# Kanto Village, Sonhat, Koriya (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Sonhat, Koriya 

# Kanto

Kanto is a village in Sonhat sub-district of Koriya district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497339**. The 2011 Census counted **18 people in 5 households**, the 103rd largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.6%.

- 18people (2011)
- 5households
- 46.7%literacy
- 497339PIN code

## Kanto PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanto is 497339.** Kanto falls in Sonhat sub-district, Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497339
- Gram panchayatBanshipur
- Community development blockSonhat
- Census village code431527

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

## How far is Kanto from nearby towns?

- Sonhat (sub-district HQ)70 km by road
- Baikunthpur (district HQ)105 km by road
- Baikunthpur (nearest town)105 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 Kanto?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Kanto; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Baskhor
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Baiswar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baikunthpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chirmiri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Kanto known for?

About 10% of the 19 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Kanto

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

■ Kanto · ■ Sonhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**21%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****40%**

**91%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**47%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanto?

■ Kanto · ■ Sonhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.7%**

**67.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****286**

**975

Working population ****33.3%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 0.0% for women. 43% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**

**■** Farm labourers 6 (100%)

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 Sonhat

- Palaridand67 people
- Khodri62 people
- Kachhuakhoh48 people
- Rewala35 people
- Seradand3 people

[All 105 villages in Sonhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/koriya/sonhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanto?497339
- How far is Kanto from Baikunthpur?105 km by road
- What is the population of Kanto?18 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanto in?Koriya district (Sonhat sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanto?46.7% (Census 2011)