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

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Village · Charama, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Karaiha

Karaiha is a village in Charama sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **496665**. The 2011 Census counted **938 people in 225 households**, the 47th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 938people (2011)
- 225households
- 83.1%literacy
- 496665PIN code

## Karaiha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Karaiha is 496665.** Karaiha falls in Charama sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code496665
- Gram panchayatKaraiha
- Community development blockCharama
- Census village code447435

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

## How far is Karaiha from nearby towns?

- Charama (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)34 km by road
- Charama (nearest town)4 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 Karaiha?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Karaiha; 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
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Pandripani
- ○Degree college5–10 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
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 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 Karaiha known for?

About 76% of the 436 hectares of village land is sown, and 61 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 Karaiha

Of every 100 households in Karaiha in 2011, 88 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karaiha · ■ Charama rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****96%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****95%**

**72%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Karaiha?

■ Karaiha · ■ Charama rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****576**

**957

Working population ****52.6%**

**56.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 71.8% for women. 53% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 206 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (38%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 25 (5%) · **■** Marginal 62 (13%)

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

- Mainpur946 people
- Salhetola946 people
- Pipraud943 people
- Chandeli940 people
- Kasawahi925 people
- Bargari900 people
- Nawagaon Saradhui896 people
- Telgara887 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Karaiha?496665
- How far is Karaiha from Kanker?34 km by road
- What is the population of Karaiha?938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karaiha in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Charama sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Karaiha?83.1% (Census 2011)
