# Kanwalajhar Village, Sarangarh, Raigarh (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Sarangarh, Raigarh 

# Kanwalajhar

Kanwalajhar is a village in Sarangarh sub-district of Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495118**. The 2011 Census counted **463 people in 98 households**, the 176th largest of 274 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 463people (2011)
- 98households
- 62.5%literacy
- 495118PIN code

## Kanwalajhar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanwalajhar is 495118.** Kanwalajhar falls in Sarangarh sub-district, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495118
- Gram panchayatSahaspur
- Community development blockSarangarh
- Census village code435472

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

## How far is Kanwalajhar from nearby towns?

- Sarangarh (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Raigarh (district HQ)56 km by road
- Sarangarh (nearest town)4 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 Kanwalajhar?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kanwalajhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sahaspur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sarangarh
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Sarangarh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- 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 Kanwalajhar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, black gram and cereal**. About 81% of the 161 hectares of village land is sown, and 99 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 Kanwalajhar

Of every 100 households in Kanwalajhar in 2011, 94 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanwalajhar · ■ Sarangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**88%

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

**11%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****13%**

**31%

Television ****19%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Kanwalajhar?

■ Kanwalajhar · ■ Sarangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**1011

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****821**

**948

Working population ****59.6%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 48.3% for women. 58% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (9%) · **■** Other work 23 (8%) · **■** Marginal 225 (82%)

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 Sarangarh

- Nakainhar479 people
- Saraipali474 people
- Singhanpur471 people
- Sahaspur468 people
- Khudwena461 people
- Tulsidih457 people
- Paraskol455 people
- Mahkampur446 people

[All 288 villages in Sarangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raigarh/sarangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanwalajhar?495118
- How far is Kanwalajhar from Raigarh?56 km by road
- What is the population of Kanwalajhar?463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanwalajhar in?Raigarh district (Sarangarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanwalajhar?62.5% (Census 2011)