# Arjuni Village, Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Arjuni

Arjuni is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494334**. The 2011 Census counted **673 people in 140 households**, the 53rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 673people (2011)
- 140households
- 74.4%literacy
- 494334PIN code

## Arjuni PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Arjuni is 494334.** Arjuni falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494334
- Gram panchayatArjuni
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447844

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

## How far is Arjuni from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)4 km by road
- Kanker (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 Arjuni?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Govinpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 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 watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Arjuni known for?

The main crops are **paddy, pea and gram**. About 77% of the 196 hectares of village land is sown, and 6 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 Arjuni

Of every 100 households in Arjuni in 2011, 88 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Arjuni · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**98%

Use banking services ****26%**

**34%

Television ****40%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**19%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Arjuni?

■ Arjuni · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1137**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1310**

**1001

Working population ****59.1%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 67.5% for women. 68% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 83 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (12%) · **■** Other work 146 (37%) · **■** Marginal 120 (30%)

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 Kanker

- Tultuli754 people
- Nadanmara748 people
- Bhairadih737 people
- Pusawand719 people
- Patharri626 people
- Mardapoti617 people
- Siltara616 people
- Albeda607 people

[All 100 villages in Kanker](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/kanker/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Arjuni?494334
- How far is Arjuni from Kanker?4 km by road
- What is the population of Arjuni?673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arjuni in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Arjuni?74.4% (Census 2011)
