# Chaurgaon Village, Durgkondal – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Chaurgaon

Chaurgaon is a village in Durgkondal sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494669**. The 2011 Census counted **656 people in 133 households**, the 28th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 656people (2011)
- 133households
- 63.5%literacy
- 494669PIN code

## Chaurgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chaurgaon is 494669.** Chaurgaon falls in Durgkondal sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494669
- Gram panchayatChaurgaon
- Community development blockDurgkondal
- Census village code447707

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

## How far is Chaurgaon from nearby towns?

- Durgkondal (sub-district HQ)21 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)97 km by road
- Bhanupratappur (nearest town)67 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 Chaurgaon?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Chaurgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kodekurse
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhanupratappur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhanupratappur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)7 h summer · 6 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 Chaurgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, kodo and maize**. About 53% of the 585 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 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 Chaurgaon

Of every 100 households in Chaurgaon in 2011, 56 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaurgaon · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****18%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**29%

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 Chaurgaon?

■ Chaurgaon · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**972

Working population ****58.2%**

**57.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 52.1% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 127 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (23%) · **■** Marginal 164 (43%)

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 Durgkondal

- Kodapakha703 people
- Vatintola680 people
- Jodekhurse675 people
- Chemal665 people
- Gumdidih632 people
- Pedawari622 people
- Karaki619 people
- Damkasa599 people

[All 150 villages in Durgkondal](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/durgkondal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chaurgaon?494669
- How far is Chaurgaon from Kanker?97 km by road
- What is the population of Chaurgaon?656 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaurgaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Durgkondal sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaurgaon?63.5% (Census 2011)