# Kewara Village, Bhaiyathan, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhaiyathan, Surguja 

# Kewara

Kewara is a village in Bhaiyathan sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497231**. The 2011 Census counted **2,888 people in 672 households**, the 6th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.7%.

- 2,888people (2011)
- 672households
- 59.6%literacy
- 497231PIN code

## Kewara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kewara is 497231.** Kewara falls in Bhaiyathan sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497231
- Gram panchayatKewara
- Community development blockBhaiyathan
- Census village code432744

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

## How far is Kewara from nearby towns?

- Bhaiyathan (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)60 km by road
- Surajpur (nearest town)22 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 Kewara?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kewara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhaiyathan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Surajpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Kewara known for?

About 69% of the 890 hectares of village land is sown, and 156 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 Kewara

Of every 100 households in Kewara in 2011, 85 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kewara · ■ Bhaiyathan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**64%

Television ****13%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kewara?

■ Kewara · ■ Bhaiyathan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**61.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****996**

**958

Working population ****52.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 51.4% for women. 55% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 159 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (3%) · **■** Other work 72 (5%) · **■** Marginal 1,228 (81%)

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 Bhaiyathan

- Banja3,423 people
- Chungarhi3,115 people
- Kusmusi3,009 people
- Khopa2,896 people
- Sirsi2,775 people
- Satyanagar2,686 people
- Bhaiyathan2,568 people
- Laxmipur2,511 people

[All 90 villages in Bhaiyathan](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/bhaiyathan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kewara?497231
- How far is Kewara from Ambikapur?60 km by road
- What is the population of Kewara?2,888 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kewara in?Surguja district (Bhaiyathan sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kewara?59.6% (Census 2011)
