# Kanakpur Village, Surajpur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Surajpur, Surguja 

# Kanakpur

Kanakpur is a village in Surajpur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497001**. The 2011 Census counted **1,154 people in 237 households**, the 75th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.4%.

- 1,154people (2011)
- 237households
- 76.7%literacy
- 497001PIN code

## Kanakpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kanakpur is 497001.** Kanakpur falls in Surajpur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497001
- Gram panchayatKanakpur
- Community development blockSurajpur
- Census village code432541

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

## How far is Kanakpur from nearby towns?

- Surajpur (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)16 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)16 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 Kanakpur?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kanakpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Silakilee
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Kanakpur known for?

About 78% of the 355 hectares of village land is sown, and 59 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 Kanakpur

Of every 100 households in Kanakpur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kanakpur · ■ Surajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**90%

Tap water ****21%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**94%

Use banking services ****93%**

**63%

Television ****38%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****77%**

**96%

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 Kanakpur?

■ Kanakpur · ■ Surajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**61.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**954

Working population ****50.4%**

**44.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 63.6% for women. 60% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 225 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 121 (21%) · **■** Marginal 140 (24%)

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 Surajpur

- Jobaga1,175 people
- Nawgai1,168 people
- Mani1,167 people
- Ajabnagar1,162 people
- Kasalgiri1,147 people
- Chhatarpur1,134 people
- Pondi1,092 people
- Birpur1,091 people

[All 119 villages in Surajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/surajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kanakpur?497001
- How far is Kanakpur from Ambikapur?16 km by road
- What is the population of Kanakpur?1,154 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanakpur in?Surguja district (Surajpur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanakpur?76.7% (Census 2011)