# Dohana Village, Shankargarh, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Shankargarh, Surguja 

# Dohana

Dohana is a village in Shankargarh sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497118**. The 2011 Census counted **1,362 people in 300 households**, the 10th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.6%.

- 1,362people (2011)
- 300households
- 54.8%literacy
- 497118PIN code

## Dohana PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497118
- Gram panchayatDohana
- Community development blockShankargarh
- Census village code432432

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

## How far is Dohana from nearby towns?

- Shankargarh (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)63 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)63 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 Dohana?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shankargarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○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
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Dohana known for?

About 60% of the 473 hectares of village land is sown, and 12 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 Dohana

Of every 100 households in Dohana in 2011, 55 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dohana · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****52%**

**61%

Television ****21%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**62%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Dohana?

■ Dohana · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**56.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1124**

**968

Working population ****54.8%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 43.4% for women. 55% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 246 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (9%) · **■** Marginal 379 (51%)

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 Shankargarh

- Jokapath1,652 people
- Manoharpur1,611 people
- Manpur1,485 people
- Sargawan1,363 people
- Hargawan1,310 people
- Korandha1,270 people
- Rehada1,254 people
- Belsar1,246 people

[All 89 villages in Shankargarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/shankargarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dohana?497118
- How far is Dohana from Ambikapur?63 km by road
- What is the population of Dohana?1,362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dohana in?Surguja district (Shankargarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Dohana?54.8% (Census 2011)
