# Joratarai Village, Ambagarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Ambagarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Joratarai

Joratarai is a village in Ambagarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491668**. The 2011 Census counted **952 people in 195 households**, the 33rd largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 952people (2011)
- 195households
- 74.3%literacy
- 491668PIN code

## Joratarai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Joratarai is 491668.** Joratarai falls in Ambagarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491668
- Gram panchayatJoratarai
- Community development blockChowki
- Census village code441592

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

## How far is Joratarai from nearby towns?

- Ambagarh Chowki (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)46 km by road
- Ambagarh Chowki (nearest town)8 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 Joratarai?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Joratarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)23 h summer · 23 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 Joratarai known for?

The main crops are **paddy, lakh and linseed**. About 62% of the 465 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Joratarai

Of every 100 households in Joratarai in 2011, 88 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Joratarai · ■ Ambagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**68%

Tap water ****60%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**87%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Joratarai?

■ Joratarai · ■ Ambagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**994

Working population ****55.8%**

**57.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 63.9% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (19%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 94 (18%) · **■** Marginal 134 (25%)

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 Ambagarh

- Kahadkasa993 people
- Bharri Tola992 people
- Bhagwan Tola985 people
- Karamtara954 people
- Nache Kohda946 people
- Chikhli922 people
- Pendalkuhi916 people
- Netam Tola909 people

[All 154 villages in Ambagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon/ambagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Joratarai?491668
- How far is Joratarai from Rajnandgaon?46 km by road
- What is the population of Joratarai?952 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Joratarai in?Rajnandgaon district (Ambagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Joratarai?74.3% (Census 2011)