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

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Village · Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Girhola

Girhola is a village in Charama sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494337**. The 2011 Census counted **1,070 people in 256 households**, the 37th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,070people (2011)
- 256households
- 80.3%literacy
- 494337PIN code

## Girhola PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494337
- Gram panchayatGirhola
- Community development blockCharama
- Census village code447438

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

## How far is Girhola from nearby towns?

- Charama (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)30 km by road
- Charama (nearest town)2 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 Girhola?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Girhola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Charama
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Charama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river 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 Girhola known for?

About 92% of the 151 hectares of village land is sown, and 5 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 Girhola

Of every 100 households in Girhola in 2011, 98 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Girhola · ■ Charama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****94%**

**72%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**23%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Girhola?

■ Girhola · ■ Charama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**957

Working population ****47.8%**

**56.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 70.3% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 280 (55%) · **■** Household industry 67 (13%) · **■** Other work 72 (14%) · **■** Marginal 32 (6%)

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

- Kilepar1,108 people
- Markatola1,107 people
- Awari1,105 people
- Pandaripani1,072 people
- Dodakawahi1,037 people
- Shahawada1,023 people
- Basanwahi1,006 people
- Machandur975 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Girhola?494337
- How far is Girhola from Kanker?30 km by road
- What is the population of Girhola?1,070 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Girhola in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Charama sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Girhola?80.3% (Census 2011)
