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

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Village · Balrampur, Surguja 

# Kharsota

Kharsota is a village in Balrampur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497118**. The 2011 Census counted **353 people in 86 households**, the 101st largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.5%.

- 353people (2011)
- 86households
- 44.4%literacy
- 497118PIN code

## Kharsota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kharsota is 497118.** Kharsota falls in Balrampur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497118
- Gram panchayatKochali
- Community development blockBalrampur
- Census village code431994

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

## How far is Kharsota from nearby towns?

- Balrampur (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)85 km by road
- Balrampur (nearest town)25 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 Kharsota?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Daura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Balrampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pratappur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ 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, canal / river and tanks / ponds

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 Kharsota known for?

About 74% of the 170 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Kharsota

Of every 100 households in Kharsota in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharsota · ■ Balrampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

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

**10%

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

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****2%**

**66%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**47%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kharsota?

■ Kharsota · ■ Balrampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.4%**

**56.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**965

Working population ****59.8%**

**51.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.3% for men and 40.5% for women. 59% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (15%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 157 (74%)

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

- Amarpur424 people
- Bada407 people
- Gauripur401 people
- Alakhdiha359 people
- Piprahi352 people
- Bathaura345 people
- Barauli340 people
- Pathari336 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kharsota?497118
- How far is Kharsota from Ambikapur?85 km by road
- What is the population of Kharsota?353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharsota in?Surguja district (Balrampur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharsota?44.4% (Census 2011)