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

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Village · Sonhat, Koriya 

# Prakashpur

Prakashpur is a village in Sonhat sub-district of Koriya district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497339**. The 2011 Census counted **165 people in 29 households**, the 88th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.6%.

- 165people (2011)
- 29households
- 77.1%literacy
- 497339PIN code

## Prakashpur PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497339
- Gram panchayatNaugai
- Community development blockSonhat
- Census village code431597

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

## How far is Prakashpur from nearby towns?

- Sonhat (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Baikunthpur (district HQ)21 km by road
- Baikunthpur (nearest town)21 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 Prakashpur?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Prakashpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Katgodi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Baikunthpur
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Katgodi
- ○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 market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Prakashpur known for?

About 79% of the 95 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Prakashpur

Of every 100 households in Prakashpur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Prakashpur · ■ Sonhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**84%

Tap water ****52%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**21%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****83%**

**91%

Television ****17%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Prakashpur?

■ Prakashpur · ■ Sonhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**67.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**966

Working population ****64.2%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 65.3% for women. 63% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 32 (30%) · **■** Marginal 74 (70%)

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

- Prihat182 people
- Pipardand180 people
- Kachardand176 people
- Amratpur168 people
- Garnai154 people
- Kadna152 people
- Sukatara146 people
- Thakurhathi143 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Prakashpur?497339
- How far is Prakashpur from Baikunthpur?21 km by road
- What is the population of Prakashpur?165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prakashpur in?Koriya district (Sonhat sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Prakashpur?77.1% (Census 2011)