# Indakon Village, Shankargarh, Surguja (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Shankargarh, Surguja 

# Indakon

Indakon is a village in Shankargarh sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497118**. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 102 households**, the 70th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.6%.

- 442people (2011)
- 102households
- 56.5%literacy
- 497118PIN code

## Indakon PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497118
- Gram panchayatGhughari Khurd
- Community development blockShankargarh
- Census village code432411

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

## How far is Indakon from nearby towns?

- Shankargarh (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)69 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)69 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 Indakon?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Indakon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Shankargarh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Indakon known for?

About 33% of the 431 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 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 Indakon

Of every 100 households in Indakon in 2011, 62 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Indakon · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****91%**

**61%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****54%**

**62%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Indakon?

■ Indakon · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**56.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1233**

**968

Working population ****57.0%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 49.5% for women. 62% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (29%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 130 (52%)

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

- Amera513 people
- Karmi Urawan Toli506 people
- Jashwantpur496 people
- Pahari466 people
- Chandranagar413 people
- Deosara Khurd394 people
- Mankepi375 people
- Pataratoli375 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Indakon?497118
- How far is Indakon from Ambikapur?69 km by road
- What is the population of Indakon?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Indakon in?Surguja district (Shankargarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Indakon?56.5% (Census 2011)