# Pungaon Village, Antagarh, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Antagarh, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Pungaon

Pungaon is a village in Antagarh sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **495335**. The 2011 Census counted **326 people in 71 households**, the 87th largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 326people (2011)
- 71households
- 59.0%literacy
- 495335PIN code

## Pungaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pungaon is 495335.** Pungaon falls in Antagarh sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code495335
- Gram panchayatMandagaon
- Community development blockAntagarh
- Census village code448025

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

## How far is Pungaon from nearby towns?

- Antagarh (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)84 km by road
- Antagarh (nearest town)13 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 Pungaon?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Pungaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Podgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Antagarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Antagarh
- ○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 market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 24 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 Pungaon known for?

About 47% of the 383 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Pungaon

Of every 100 households in Pungaon in 2011, 27 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pungaon · ■ Antagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**3%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****34%**

**29%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**5%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**26%

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 Pungaon?

■ Pungaon · ■ Antagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.0%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**1004

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**1006

Working population ****63.2%**

**54.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 47.8% for women. 66% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 128 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 68 (33%)

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 Antagarh

- Kachwar338 people
- Amakada332 people
- Mechanar331 people
- Kotkursai327 people
- Barche318 people
- Yetegaon316 people
- Madpa315 people
- Padhargaon315 people

[All 194 villages in Antagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/antagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pungaon?495335
- How far is Pungaon from Kanker?84 km by road
- What is the population of Pungaon?326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pungaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Antagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pungaon?59.0% (Census 2011)