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

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Village · Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Kandel

Kandel is a village in Charama sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494337**. The 2011 Census counted **697 people in 160 households**, the 69th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 697people (2011)
- 160households
- 80.0%literacy
- 494337PIN code

## Kandel PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494337
- Gram panchayatMahud
- Community development blockCharama
- Census village code447430

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

## How far is Kandel from nearby towns?

- Charama (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)32 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 Kandel?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Kandel; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Charama
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Charama
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 22 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 Kandel known for?

About 84% of the 232 hectares of village land is sown, and 192 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 Kandel

Of every 100 households in Kandel in 2011, 92 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kandel · ■ Charama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****51%**

**72%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**23%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Kandel?

■ Kandel · ■ Charama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**957

Working population ****54.8%**

**56.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 72.8% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (9%) · **■** Marginal 262 (69%)

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

- Kurrutola737 people
- Rampur720 people
- Bharritola717 people
- Maddhoba706 people
- Ratesara674 people
- Chawadi670 people
- Tansi656 people
- Ranidongri654 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kandel?494337
- How far is Kandel from Kanker?32 km by road
- What is the population of Kandel?697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kandel in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Charama sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Kandel?80.0% (Census 2011)