# Bilhari Village, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Bilhari

Bilhari is a village in Dongargarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491445**. The 2011 Census counted **1,573 people in 344 households**, the 31st largest of 176 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,573people (2011)
- 344households
- 76.0%literacy
- 491445PIN code

## Bilhari PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bilhari is 491445.** Bilhari falls in Dongargarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491445
- Gram panchayatBilhari
- Community development blockDongargarh
- Census village code440567

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

## How far is Bilhari from nearby towns?

- Dongargarh (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)12 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (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 Bilhari?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Bilhari; 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
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 3
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Rengakathera
- ○Degree college10+ km · Rajnandgaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rajnandgaon
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 15 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 Bilhari known for?

About 80% of the 536 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Bilhari

Of every 100 households in Bilhari in 2011, 94 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bilhari · ■ Dongargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**71%

Television ****22%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Bilhari?

■ Bilhari · ■ Dongargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**959

Working population ****49.5%**

**54.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 63.2% for women. 54% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 236 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (21%) · **■** Other work 103 (13%) · **■** Marginal 277 (36%)

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 Dongargarh

- Rampur1,661 people
- Charbhatha1,633 people
- Bhandarpur1,591 people
- Runwatala1,585 people
- Chiddo1,570 people
- Thakur Tola1,557 people
- Bagnadi1,531 people
- Sitagota1,488 people

[All 178 villages in Dongargarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon/dongargarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bilhari?491445
- How far is Bilhari from Rajnandgaon?12 km by road
- What is the population of Bilhari?1,573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bilhari in?Rajnandgaon district (Dongargarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bilhari?76.0% (Census 2011)
