# Bhelai Village, Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Bhelai

Bhelai is a village in Charama sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494337**. The 2011 Census counted **620 people in 153 households**, the 77th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 620people (2011)
- 153households
- 80.7%literacy
- 494337PIN code

## Bhelai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bhelai is 494337.** Bhelai falls in Charama sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494337
- Gram panchayatBhelai
- Community development blockCharama
- Census village code447432

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

## How far is Bhelai from nearby towns?

- Charama (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)35 km by road
- Charama (nearest town)5 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 Bhelai?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bhelai; 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
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pandripani
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jaisakarra Charama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)23 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 Bhelai known for?

About 81% of the 119 hectares of village land is sown, and 17 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 Bhelai

Of every 100 households in Bhelai in 2011, 98 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhelai · ■ Charama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**72%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Bhelai?

■ Bhelai · ■ Charama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1750**

**957

Working population ****78.2%**

**56.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 70.8% for women. 78% of men and 78% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (31%) · **■** Household industry 27 (6%) · **■** Other work 42 (9%) · **■** Marginal 79 (16%)

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 Charama

- Ranidongri654 people
- Jawartara651 people
- Tikrapara648 people
- Guttitola638 people
- Bhuigaon604 people
- Chapeli602 people
- Mainkheda581 people
- Hinganjhar580 people

[All 97 villages in Charama](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/charama/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bhelai?494337
- How far is Bhelai from Kanker?35 km by road
- What is the population of Bhelai?620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhelai in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Charama sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhelai?80.7% (Census 2011)