# Kaknesa Village, Wadrafnagar, Surguja (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Wadrafnagar, Surguja 

# Kaknesa

Kaknesa is a village in Wadrafnagar sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497225**. The 2011 Census counted **2,341 people in 578 households**, the 13th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 2,341people (2011)
- 578households
- 45.2%literacy
- 497225PIN code

## Kaknesa PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code497225
- Gram panchayatKaknesa
- Community development blockWadrafnagar
- Census village code432120

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

## How far is Kaknesa from nearby towns?

- Wadrafnagar (sub-district HQ)19 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)124 km by road
- Wadrafnagar (nearest town)19 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 Kaknesa?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Kaknesa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Pandri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Kaknesa known for?

About 56% of the 917 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Kaknesa

Of every 100 households in Kaknesa in 2011, 20 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kaknesa · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**77%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**13%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****48%**

**59%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**50%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kaknesa?

■ Kaknesa · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1005**

**952

Working population ****55.8%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.8% for men and 37.0% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 35 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,263 (97%)

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

- Ramnagar2,815 people
- Rajkheta2,804 people
- Sulsuli2,509 people
- Shardapur2,415 people
- Barti Kalan2,272 people
- Mahuli2,179 people
- Kesari2,130 people
- Asandih2,087 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kaknesa?497225
- How far is Kaknesa from Ambikapur?124 km by road
- What is the population of Kaknesa?2,341 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaknesa in?Surguja district (Wadrafnagar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kaknesa?45.2% (Census 2011)