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

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Village · Shankargarh, Surguja 

# Karasi

Karasi is a village in Shankargarh sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497118**. The 2011 Census counted **583 people in 132 households**, the 58th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.6%.

- 583people (2011)
- 132households
- 43.3%literacy
- 497118PIN code

## Karasi PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497118
- Gram panchayatBharatpur
- Community development blockShankargarh
- Census village code432486

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

## How far is Karasi from nearby towns?

- Shankargarh (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)81 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)81 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 Karasi?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Karasi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●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 and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Karasi known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ram tili and maize**. About 13% of the 897 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Karasi

Of every 100 households in Karasi in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karasi · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****100%**

**61%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****80%**

**62%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Karasi?

■ Karasi · ■ Shankargarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.3%**

**56.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**968

Working population ****41.7%**

**53.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.9% for men and 37.8% for women. 58% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 88 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (32%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 66 (27%)

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

- Bharatpur625 people
- Vinayakpur609 people
- Amgaon605 people
- Jampani587 people
- Ghughari Khurd571 people
- Pondi Kalan554 people
- Parewa551 people
- Karmi Kanwar Toli548 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karasi?497118
- How far is Karasi from Ambikapur?81 km by road
- What is the population of Karasi?583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karasi in?Surguja district (Shankargarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Karasi?43.3% (Census 2011)