# Bakna Kalan Village, Lundra, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Lundra, Surguja 

# Bakna Kalan

Bakna Kalan is a village in Lundra sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,962 people in 424 households**, the 9th largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,962people (2011)
- 424households
- 50.0%literacy
- 497001PIN code

## Bakna Kalan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakna Kalan is 497001.** Bakna Kalan falls in Lundra sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497001
- Gram panchayatBakna Kalan
- Community development blockLundra
- Census village code433372

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

## How far is Bakna Kalan from nearby towns?

- Lundra (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)39 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)39 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 Bakna Kalan?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Bakna Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Udari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 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 watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bakna Kalan known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and maize**. About 68% of the 738 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Bakna Kalan

Of every 100 households in Bakna Kalan in 2011, 70 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bakna Kalan · ■ Lundra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**7%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****74%**

**57%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**43%

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 Bakna Kalan?

■ Bakna Kalan · ■ Lundra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**955

Working population ****58.9%**

**54.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.5% for men and 38.3% for women. 57% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (7%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,008 (87%)

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 Lundra

- Lamgaon2,200 people
- Silsila2,134 people
- Dumardih2,125 people
- Patora2,071 people
- Askala1,938 people
- Dakai Alias Nawgai1,888 people
- Kundi Kalan1,857 people
- Jori1,786 people

[All 112 villages in Lundra](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/lundra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakna Kalan?497001
- How far is Bakna Kalan from Ambikapur?39 km by road
- What is the population of Bakna Kalan?1,962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakna Kalan in?Surguja district (Lundra sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakna Kalan?50.0% (Census 2011)
