# Eragaon Village, Durgkondal – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Eragaon

Eragaon is a village in Durgkondal sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494635**. The 2011 Census counted **542 people in 107 households**, the 44th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 542people (2011)
- 107households
- 71.1%literacy
- 494635PIN code

## Eragaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Eragaon is 494635.** Eragaon falls in Durgkondal sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494635
- Gram panchayatBarheli
- Community development blockDurgkondal
- Census village code447669

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

## How far is Eragaon from nearby towns?

- Durgkondal (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)70 km by road
- Bhanupratappur (nearest town)19 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 Eragaon?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Eragaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Private bus serviceIn 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 · Damkasa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhanupratappur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhanupratappur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Eragaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 56% of the 358 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Eragaon

Of every 100 households in Eragaon in 2011, 68 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Eragaon · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**51%

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

**9%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****95%**

**35%

Television ****8%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

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 Eragaon?

■ Eragaon · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1101**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1412**

**972

Working population ****63.3%**

**57.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 56.8% for women. 66% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 163 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (23%) · **■** Other work 17 (5%) · **■** Marginal 85 (25%)

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

- Sihari567 people
- Naghur556 people
- Pujari Para551 people
- Gudum547 people
- Duwa525 people
- Jhitkatola522 people
- Sukhai517 people
- Marrampani510 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Eragaon?494635
- How far is Eragaon from Kanker?70 km by road
- What is the population of Eragaon?542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Eragaon in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Durgkondal sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Eragaon?71.1% (Census 2011)