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

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Dabena

Dabena is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491111**. The 2011 Census counted **1,602 people in 347 households**, the 13th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,602people (2011)
- 347households
- 77.9%literacy
- 491111PIN code

## Dabena PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dabena is 491111.** Dabena falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491111
- Gram panchayatDabena
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447804

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

## How far is Dabena from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)27 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)27 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 Dabena?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Dabena; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Potgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 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 Dabena known for?

The main crops are **paddy and tivra**. About 70% of the 804 hectares of village land is sown, and 184 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 Dabena

Of every 100 households in Dabena in 2011, 93 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dabena · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**80%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**12%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**19%

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 Dabena?

■ Dabena · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**1001

Working population ****60.7%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 67.4% for women. 62% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 339 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (2%) · **■** Marginal 521 (54%)

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

- Dashpur1,756 people
- Talakurra1,730 people
- Patoud1,701 people
- Sarangpal1,639 people
- Dhanelikanhar1,563 people
- Bagodar1,540 people
- Viyas Kongera1,517 people
- Hatkongera1,508 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dabena?491111
- How far is Dabena from Kanker?27 km by road
- What is the population of Dabena?1,602 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dabena in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Dabena?77.9% (Census 2011)
