# Shiwari Village, Wadrafnagar, Surguja (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Wadrafnagar, Surguja 

# Shiwari

Shiwari is a village in Wadrafnagar sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497223**. The 2011 Census counted **793 people in 222 households**, the 84th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 793people (2011)
- 222households
- 75.4%literacy
- 497223PIN code

## Shiwari PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shiwari is 497223.** Shiwari falls in Wadrafnagar sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497223
- Gram panchayatShiwari
- Community development blockWadrafnagar
- Census village code432169

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

## How far is Shiwari from nearby towns?

- Wadrafnagar (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)85 km by road
- Wadrafnagar (nearest town)15 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 Shiwari?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Shiwari; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Baratikalan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Wadrafnagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Shiwari known for?

About 59% of the 494 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 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 Shiwari

Of every 100 households in Shiwari in 2011, 50 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shiwari · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**13%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****50%**

**59%

Television ****18%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**50%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Shiwari?

■ Shiwari · ■ Wadrafnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1234**

**952

Working population ****55.4%**

**49.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 66.9% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (33%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 70 (16%) · **■** Marginal 111 (25%)

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

- Bebadi840 people
- Dhodhi821 people
- Duwari808 people
- Chakdehi804 people
- Dongaro764 people
- Barti Khurd758 people
- Jhapar749 people
- Bharuhi Bans725 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shiwari?497223
- How far is Shiwari from Ambikapur?85 km by road
- What is the population of Shiwari?793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiwari in?Surguja district (Wadrafnagar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Shiwari?75.4% (Census 2011)