# Paragaon Village, Bindranavagarh, Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Bindranavagarh, Raipur 

# Paragaon

Paragaon is a village in Bindranavagarh sub-district of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **493889**. The 2011 Census counted **1,073 people in 285 households**, the 20th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.

- 1,073people (2011)
- 285households
- 69.2%literacy
- 493889PIN code

## Paragaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Paragaon is 493889.** Paragaon falls in Bindranavagarh sub-district, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code493889
- Gram panchayatParagaon
- Community development blockGariaband
- Census village code445090

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

## How far is Paragaon from nearby towns?

- Gariyaband (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Raipur (district HQ)128 km by road
- Gariyaband (nearest town)1 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 Paragaon?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Paragaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gariyaband
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Gariyaband
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Gariyaband
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Paragaon known for?

About 45% of the 508 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Paragaon

Of every 100 households in Paragaon in 2011, 69 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paragaon · ■ Bindranavagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****44%**

**56%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**12%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**36%

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 Paragaon?

■ Paragaon · ■ Bindranavagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**72.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**1035

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**1014

Working population ****49.5%**

**54.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 58.1% for women. 58% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 395 (74%) · **■** Other work 30 (6%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Bindranavagarh

- Tawarbehar1,180 people
- Barula1,176 people
- Kodobatar1,082 people
- Nahargaon1,080 people
- Dantbaykalan1,053 people
- Ghataud975 people
- Piparchhedikalan975 people
- Baherabuda952 people

[All 170 villages in Bindranavagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raipur/bindranavagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Paragaon?493889
- How far is Paragaon from Raipur?128 km by road
- What is the population of Paragaon?1,073 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paragaon in?Raipur district (Bindranavagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Paragaon?69.2% (Census 2011)