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

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Village · Ambikapur, Surguja 

# Podiya

Podiya is a village in Ambikapur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,135 people in 229 households**, the 59th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,135people (2011)
- 229households
- 55.4%literacy
- 497001PIN code

## Podiya PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497001
- Gram panchayatPodiya
- Community development blockAmbikapur
- Census village code433012

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

## How far is Podiya 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 Podiya?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Podiya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn 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 Podiya known for?

About 63% of the 305 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Podiya

Of every 100 households in Podiya in 2011, 14 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Podiya · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****39%**

**59%

Television ****3%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Podiya?

■ Podiya · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.4%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**972

Working population ****26.5%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.6% for men and 51.3% for women. 38% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 35 (12%) · **■** Marginal 156 (52%)

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

- Libra1,194 people
- Rajpuri Khurd1,192 people
- Nawapara Kalan1,174 people
- Shrigarh1,142 people
- Pondi Khurd1,135 people
- Saraitikra1,135 people
- Adchi1,132 people
- Kanchanpur1,124 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Podiya?497001
- How far is Podiya from Ambikapur?16 km by road
- What is the population of Podiya?1,135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Podiya in?Surguja district (Ambikapur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Podiya?55.4% (Census 2011)