# Sontarai Village, Udaypur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/udaypur/sontarai/ Village · Udaypur, Surguja # Sontarai Sontarai is a village in Udaypur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497116**. The 2011 Census counted **763 people in 151 households**, the 46th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%. - 763people (2011) - 151households - 58.1%literacy - 497116PIN code ## Sontarai PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sontarai is 497116.** Sontarai falls in Udaypur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. - PIN code497116 - Gram panchayatSontarai - Community development blockUdaipur - Census village code433184 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? - Udaipur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road - Ambikapur (district HQ)44 km by road - Ambikapur (nearest town)44 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? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Sontarai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Udaipur - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Udaypur - ○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 - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Sontarai known for? About 60% of the 387 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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, 84 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Sontarai · ■ Udaypur rural average Electricity for lighting ****84%** **34% Toilet within the home ****3%** **6% No toilet (open defecation) ****97%** **93% Tap water ****3%** **5% Drinking water within premises ****5%** **6% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **1% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **98% Use banking services ****18%** **48% Television ****11%** **8% Mobile phone ****22%** **13% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****18%** **6% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **1% None of these assets ****10%** **37% 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 · ■ Udaypur rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****58.1%** **56.7% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997** **984 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154** **970 Working population ****53.2%** **57.3% ### Women and men Literacy is 70.0% for men and 45.8% for women. 55% of men and 51% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 44 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 295 (73%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (6%) · **■** Marginal 40 (10%) 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 Udaypur - Bhadwahi822 people - Khodri821 people - Ramnagar812 people - Salba803 people - Mareya751 people - Maheshpur733 people - Ghuchapur727 people - Pandripani723 people [All 87 villages in Udaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/udaypur/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sontarai?497116 - How far is Sontarai from Ambikapur?44 km by road - What is the population of Sontarai?763 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sontarai in?Surguja district (Udaypur sub-district), Chhattisgarh - What is the literacy rate of Sontarai?58.1% (Census 2011)