# Kerta Village, Pratappur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Pratappur, Surguja 

# Kerta

Kerta is a village in Pratappur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497223**. The 2011 Census counted **2,318 people in 510 households**, the 9th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.3%.

- 2,318people (2011)
- 510households
- 51.5%literacy
- 497223PIN code

## Kerta PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497223
- Gram panchayatKerta
- Community development blockPratappur
- Census village code432283

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

## How far is Kerta from nearby towns?

- Pratappur (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)25 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 Kerta?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kerta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pumpapur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pratappur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pratappur
- ○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 waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Kerta known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and maize**. About 58% of the 794 hectares of village land is sown, and 113 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 Kerta

Of every 100 households in Kerta in 2011, 59 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerta · ■ Pratappur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****47%**

**68%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**36%

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 Kerta?

■ Kerta · ■ Pratappur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**55.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**961

Working population ****32.9%**

**48.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 40.7% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 484 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 84 (11%) · **■** Marginal 170 (22%)

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 Pratappur

- Dandkarwan2,639 people
- Jagannathpur2,639 people
- Bagda2,509 people
- Shyampur2,334 people
- Narola2,251 people
- Khorma2,236 people
- Banshipur2,203 people
- Mayapur2,112 people

[All 114 villages in Pratappur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/pratappur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kerta?497223
- How far is Kerta from Ambikapur?25 km by road
- What is the population of Kerta?2,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerta in?Surguja district (Pratappur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kerta?51.5% (Census 2011)