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

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Village · Bhaiyathan, Surguja 

# Rai

Rai is a village in Bhaiyathan sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497226**. The 2011 Census counted **2,256 people in 534 households**, the 14th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.7%.

- 2,256people (2011)
- 534households
- 53.2%literacy
- 497226PIN code

## Rai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Rai is 497226.** Rai falls in Bhaiyathan sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497226
- Gram panchayatRai
- Community development blockBhaiyathan
- Census village code432804

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

## How far is Rai from nearby towns?

- Bhaiyathan (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)30 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)30 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 Rai?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Rai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn 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
- ●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 · Batra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Surajpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 4 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 Rai known for?

About 79% of the 743 hectares of village land is sown, and 94 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 Rai

Of every 100 households in Rai in 2011, 70 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rai · ■ Bhaiyathan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**19%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****75%**

**64%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Rai?

■ Rai · ■ Bhaiyathan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.2%**

**61.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****803**

**958

Working population ****52.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.2% for men and 42.5% for women. 54% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 56 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (11%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 66 (6%) · **■** Marginal 919 (78%)

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

- Laxmipur2,511 people
- Salka2,397 people
- Bundiya2,383 people
- Sundarpur2,285 people
- Shivprasadnagar2,252 people
- Sonpur2,171 people
- Joor2,057 people
- Kaskela2,044 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rai?497226
- How far is Rai from Ambikapur?30 km by road
- What is the population of Rai?2,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rai in?Surguja district (Bhaiyathan sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Rai?53.2% (Census 2011)