# Pokhara Village, Rajim, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Rajim, Raipur 

# Pokhara

Pokhara is a village in Rajim sub-district of Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497335**. The 2011 Census counted **2,244 people in 523 households**, the 18th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 2,244people (2011)
- 523households
- 74.0%literacy
- 497335PIN code

## Pokhara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pokhara is 497335.** Pokhara falls in Rajim sub-district, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497335
- Gram panchayatPokhra
- Community development blockRajim
- Census village code444786

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

## How far is Pokhara from nearby towns?

- Rajim (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Raipur (district HQ)58 km by road
- Rajim (nearest town)13 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 Pokhara?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Pokhara; 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
- ●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 · Parsada Joshi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Rajim
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mahasamund
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 18 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 Pokhara known for?

About 59% of the 885 hectares of village land is sown, and 510 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 Pokhara

Of every 100 households in Pokhara in 2011, 82 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pokhara · ■ Rajim rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****12%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****84%**

**56%

Television ****28%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Pokhara?

■ Pokhara · ■ Rajim rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**959

Working population ****61.0%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 62.5% for women. 61% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 294 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 637 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (2%) · **■** Marginal 405 (30%)

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 Rajim

- Loharsi2,425 people
- Arand2,406 people
- Baronda2,294 people
- Bakli2,267 people
- Teka2,192 people
- Parsadakalan2,178 people
- Lafandi2,046 people
- Pasaud1,951 people

[All 98 villages in Rajim](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/raipur/rajim/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pokhara?497335
- How far is Pokhara from Raipur?58 km by road
- What is the population of Pokhara?2,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokhara in?Raipur district (Rajim sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pokhara?74.0% (Census 2011)