# Gidha Village, Kharsia, Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kharsia, Raigarh 

# Gidha

Gidha is a village in Kharsia sub-district of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **496661**. The 2011 Census counted **1,872 people in 418 households**, the 14th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.8%.

- 1,872people (2011)
- 418households
- 69.8%literacy
- 496661PIN code

## Gidha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gidha is 496661.** Gidha falls in Kharsia sub-district, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code496661
- Gram panchayatGidha
- Community development blockKharsia
- Census village code435233

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

## How far is Gidha from nearby towns?

- Kharsia (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Raigarh (district HQ)40 km by road
- Kharsia (nearest town)3 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 Gidha?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Gidha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sonbarsa
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kharsia
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Kharsia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Gidha known for?

About 80% of the 336 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Gidha

Of every 100 households in Gidha in 2011, 92 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gidha · ■ Kharsia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**89%

Tap water ****5%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**30%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Gidha?

■ Gidha · ■ Kharsia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**75.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**974

Working population ****33.1%**

**42.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 57.1% for women. 48% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 360 (58%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 165 (27%)

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 Kharsia

- Barra2,249 people
- Sarwani2,222 people
- Badedeogaon2,124 people
- Chhote Mudpar1,966 people
- Naharpali1,675 people
- Turekela1,621 people
- Nagoi1,600 people
- Basnajhar1,549 people

[All 137 villages in Kharsia](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raigarh/kharsia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gidha?496661
- How far is Gidha from Raigarh?40 km by road
- What is the population of Gidha?1,872 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gidha in?Raigarh district (Kharsia sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gidha?69.8% (Census 2011)
