# Pochawada Village, Orchha, Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Orchha, Narayanpur 

# Pochawada

Pochawada is a village in Orchha sub-district of Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494230**. The 2011 Census counted **90 people in 17 households**, the 114th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 33.4%.

- 90people (2011)
- 17households
- 34.2%literacy
- 494230PIN code

## Pochawada PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pochawada is 494230.** Pochawada falls in Orchha sub-district, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494230
- Gram panchayatPochawada
- Community development blockAbhujhmad
- Census village code450035

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

## How far is Pochawada from nearby towns?

- Orchha (sub-district HQ)40 km by road
- Narayanpur (district HQ)115 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)242 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 Pochawada?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Pochawada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narayanpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narayanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jagdalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand 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 Pochawada known for?

The main crops are **kosra, paddy and great millet**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Pochawada

Of every 100 households in Pochawada 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.

■ Pochawada · ■ Orchha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****0%**

**10%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**3%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****100%**

**63%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Pochawada?

■ Pochawada · ■ Orchha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.2%**

**33.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1308**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****400**

**992

Working population ****65.6%**

**52.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 37.9% for men and 31.9% for women. 59% of men and 71% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 32 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 25 (42%)

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 Orchha

- Nelangur99 people
- Kohkapar97 people
- Tadonar97 people
- Palahur95 people
- Bhatbenda89 people
- Alwada88 people
- Bettekal88 people
- Gumter Alias Jaiger86 people

[All 237 villages in Orchha](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/narayanpur/orchha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pochawada?494230
- How far is Pochawada from Narayanpur?115 km by road
- What is the population of Pochawada?90 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pochawada in?Narayanpur district (Orchha sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pochawada?34.2% (Census 2011)