# Bijakura Village, Wadrafnagar, Surguja (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Wadrafnagar, Surguja 

# Bijakura

Bijakura is a village in Wadrafnagar sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497225**. The 2011 Census counted **575 people in 115 households**, the 100th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 575people (2011)
- 115households
- 71.5%literacy
- 497225PIN code

## Bijakura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bijakura is 497225.** Bijakura falls in Wadrafnagar sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497225
- Gram panchayatLangadi
- Community development blockWadrafnagar
- Census village code432092

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

## How far is Bijakura from nearby towns?

- Wadrafnagar (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)137 km by road
- Wadrafnagar (nearest town)46 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 Bijakura?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bijakura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Ragunathnagar
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ragunathnagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

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 Bijakura known for?

About 33% of the 349 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Bijakura

Of every 100 households in Bijakura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijakura · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**13%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****59%**

**59%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****97%**

**50%

Own their home ****78%**

**98%

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 Bijakura?

■ Bijakura · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****776**

**952

Working population ****54.3%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 65.5% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 299 (96%)

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 Wadrafnagar

- Chandi656 people
- Gobardaha606 people
- Kachhia599 people
- Padauli586 people
- Bhalui Alias Jhor571 people
- Basulapath564 people
- Chapota507 people
- Beliya492 people

[All 120 villages in Wadrafnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/wadrafnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bijakura?497225
- How far is Bijakura from Ambikapur?137 km by road
- What is the population of Bijakura?575 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijakura in?Surguja district (Wadrafnagar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijakura?71.5% (Census 2011)