# Rengakathera Village, Ambagarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Ambagarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Rengakathera

Rengakathera is a village in Ambagarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495220**. The 2011 Census counted **1,276 people in 291 households**, the 12th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,276people (2011)
- 291households
- 78.7%literacy
- 495220PIN code

## Rengakathera PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Rengakathera is 495220.** Rengakathera falls in Ambagarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495220
- Gram panchayatRengakathera
- Community development blockChowki
- Census village code441563

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

## How far is Rengakathera from nearby towns?

- Ambagarh Chowki (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)69 km by road
- Ambagarh Chowki (nearest town)17 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 Rengakathera?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Rengakathera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sindhamedi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambagarh Chowki
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mohla
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Rengakathera known for?

The main crops are **paddy, tivra and linseed**. About 69% of the 587 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 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 Rengakathera

Of every 100 households in Rengakathera in 2011, 85 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rengakathera · ■ Ambagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****86%**

**87%

Television ****8%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Rengakathera?

■ Rengakathera · ■ Ambagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1048**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**994

Working population ****57.9%**

**57.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 70.0% for women. 58% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 360 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (23%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 157 (21%)

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

- Mirche1,540 people
- Karcha Tola1,491 people
- Gundardehi1,452 people
- Chhachan Pahari1,412 people
- Goplin Chuwa1,273 people
- Mongra1,267 people
- Khadkhadi1,246 people
- Adejhar1,233 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rengakathera?495220
- How far is Rengakathera from Rajnandgaon?69 km by road
- What is the population of Rengakathera?1,276 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rengakathera in?Rajnandgaon district (Ambagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Rengakathera?78.7% (Census 2011)
