# Karichapar Village, Gharghoda, Raigarh (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Gharghoda, Raigarh 

# Karichapar

Karichapar is a village in Gharghoda sub-district of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494221**. The 2011 Census counted **355 people in 87 households**, the 61st largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.

- 355people (2011)
- 87households
- 55.6%literacy
- 494221PIN code

## Karichapar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karichapar is 494221.** Karichapar falls in Gharghoda sub-district, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494221
- Gram panchayatFaguram
- Community development blockGharghoda
- Census village code434710

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

## How far is Karichapar from nearby towns?

- Gharghoda (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Raigarh (district HQ)46 km by road
- Gharghoda (nearest town)9 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 Karichapar?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Karichapar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●TB clinicIn village · 2
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 2
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 2
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Teram
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gharghoda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gharghoda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river 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 Karichapar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and sesamum**. About 58% of the 209 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Karichapar

Of every 100 households in Karichapar in 2011, 90 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karichapar · ■ Gharghoda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**9%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****19%**

**22%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**38%

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 Karichapar?

■ Karichapar · ■ Gharghoda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**64.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**1028

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****815**

**959

Working population ****57.5%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 46.0% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 132 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 20 (10%) · **■** Marginal 24 (12%)

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 Gharghoda

- Bilaskhar396 people
- Kathrapali390 people
- Dangninara381 people
- Pakadarha363 people
- Dangbira345 people
- Bulekera336 people
- Pandripani320 people
- Sahaspur Masahat311 people

[All 81 villages in Gharghoda](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raigarh/gharghoda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karichapar?494221
- How far is Karichapar from Raigarh?46 km by road
- What is the population of Karichapar?355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karichapar in?Raigarh district (Gharghoda sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Karichapar?55.6% (Census 2011)