# Bakalsarra Village, Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Bakalsarra

Bakalsarra is a village in Khairagarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497331**. The 2011 Census counted **425 people in 93 households**, the 164th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 425people (2011)
- 93households
- 54.3%literacy
- 497331PIN code

## Bakalsarra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakalsarra is 497331.** Bakalsarra falls in Khairagarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497331
- Gram panchayatSankara
- Community development blockKhairagarh
- Census village code440356

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

## How far is Bakalsarra from nearby towns?

- Khairagarh (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)43 km by road
- Khairagarh (nearest town)11 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 Bakalsarra?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bakalsarra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Padadah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Khairagarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rajnandgaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 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 Bakalsarra known for?

About 77% of the 191 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 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 Bakalsarra

Of every 100 households in Bakalsarra in 2011, 61 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bakalsarra · ■ Khairagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**13%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****6%**

**62%

Television ****5%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Bakalsarra?

■ Bakalsarra · ■ Khairagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.3%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1063**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**996

Working population ****61.4%**

**56.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.5% for men and 44.2% for women. 57% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 76 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (38%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 85 (33%)

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 Khairagarh

- Mandla Tola440 people
- Chikhaldah438 people
- Pircha Tola434 people
- Gadadih429 people
- Sutiya425 people
- Muska423 people
- Khursipar416 people
- Bidauri415 people

[All 226 villages in Khairagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon/khairagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakalsarra?497331
- How far is Bakalsarra from Rajnandgaon?43 km by road
- What is the population of Bakalsarra?425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakalsarra in?Rajnandgaon district (Khairagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakalsarra?54.3% (Census 2011)