# Kareya Village, Ambikapur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Ambikapur, Surguja 

# Kareya

Kareya is a village in Ambikapur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,228 people in 278 households**, the 52nd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,228people (2011)
- 278households
- 57.4%literacy
- 497001PIN code

## Kareya PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kareya is 497001.** Kareya falls in Ambikapur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497001
- Gram panchayatKareya
- Community development blockAmbikapur
- Census village code433015

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

## How far is Kareya from nearby towns?

- Ambikapur (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)16 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)16 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 Kareya?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kareya; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Karjo
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ 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)8 h summer · 10 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 Kareya known for?

About 47% of the 439 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Kareya

Of every 100 households in Kareya in 2011, 85 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kareya · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**59%

Television ****37%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kareya?

■ Kareya · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**972

Working population ****55.2%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.6% for men and 48.2% for women. 56% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 115 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (25%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 371 (55%)

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 Ambikapur

- Sonpur Kalan1,304 people
- Koldiha1,259 people
- Bhafauli1,256 people
- Majhapara1,249 people
- Bakalo1,219 people
- Jagdishpur1,196 people
- Libra1,194 people
- Rajpuri Khurd1,192 people

[All 122 villages in Ambikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/ambikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kareya?497001
- How far is Kareya from Ambikapur?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kareya?1,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kareya in?Surguja district (Ambikapur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kareya?57.4% (Census 2011)