# Gauripur Village, Balrampur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Balrampur, Surguja 

# Gauripur

Gauripur is a village in Balrampur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497223**. The 2011 Census counted **401 people in 99 households**, the 99th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.5%.

- 401people (2011)
- 99households
- 53.3%literacy
- 497223PIN code

## Gauripur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Gauripur is 497223.** Gauripur falls in Balrampur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497223
- Gram panchayatRanhat
- Community development blockBalrampur
- Census village code431969

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

## How far is Gauripur from nearby towns?

- Balrampur (sub-district HQ)42 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)62 km by road
- Pratappur (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 Gauripur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ranhat
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pratappur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Gauripur known for?

About 75% of the 166 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Gauripur

Of every 100 households in Gauripur in 2011, 75 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gauripur · ■ Balrampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****98%**

**66%

Television ****7%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****77%**

**47%

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 Gauripur?

■ Gauripur · ■ Balrampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.3%**

**56.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1941**

**965

Working population ****36.7%**

**51.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.8% for men and 43.3% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 34 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 55 (37%) · **■** Marginal 57 (39%)

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 Balrampur

- Semali446 people
- Fatepur427 people
- Amarpur424 people
- Bada407 people
- Alakhdiha359 people
- Kharsota353 people
- Piprahi352 people
- Bathaura345 people

[All 124 villages in Balrampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/balrampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gauripur?497223
- How far is Gauripur from Ambikapur?62 km by road
- What is the population of Gauripur?401 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gauripur in?Surguja district (Balrampur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gauripur?53.3% (Census 2011)