# Sontarai Village, Sitapur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/sitapur/sontarai/ Village · Sitapur, Surguja # Sontarai Sontarai is a village in Sitapur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497111**. The 2011 Census counted **2,430 people in 585 households**, the 9th largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%. - 2,430people (2011) - 585households - 71.3%literacy - 497111PIN code ## Sontarai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sontarai is 497111.** Sontarai falls in Sitapur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code497111 - Gram panchayatSontarai - Community development blockSitapur - Census village code433453 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sontarai from nearby towns? - Sitapur (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Ambikapur (district HQ)52 km by road - Sitapur (nearest town)3 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 Sontarai? 15 services counted by the Census are inside Sontarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●National highwayIn village - ●State highwayIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Public libraryIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sitapur - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sitapur - ○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 marketunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds 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 Sontarai known for? The main crops are **paddy, maize and pigeon pea**. About 67% of the 698 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 Sontarai Of every 100 households in Sontarai in 2011, 70 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Sontarai · ■ Sitapur rural average Electricity for lighting ****70%** **63% Toilet within the home ****4%** **10% No toilet (open defecation) ****96%** **90% Tap water ****0%** **1% Drinking water within premises ****12%** **7% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%** **2% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%** **98% Use banking services ****16%** **40% Television ****19%** **11% Mobile phone ****22%** **20% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****8%** **8% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****44%** **30% Own their home ****99%** **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 Sontarai? ■ Sontarai · ■ Sitapur rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%** **60.5% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1149** **1012 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1158** **982 Working population ****43.8%** **54.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 79.9% for men and 63.8% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 287 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 113 (11%) · **■** Marginal 458 (43%) 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 Sitapur - Kunmera3,226 people - Gersa2,904 people - Raikera2,723 people - Rajauti2,452 people - Ulkiya2,354 people - Ara2,316 people - Sarga2,281 people - Radhapur2,203 people [All 51 villages in Sitapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/sitapur/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sontarai?497111 - How far is Sontarai from Ambikapur?52 km by road - What is the population of Sontarai?2,430 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sontarai in?Surguja district (Sitapur sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Sontarai?71.3% (Census 2011)