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

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Gotpur

Gotpur is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494334**. The 2011 Census counted **906 people in 247 households**, the 41st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 906people (2011)
- 247households
- 75.1%literacy
- 494334PIN code

## Gotpur PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494334
- Gram panchayatGotpur
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447873

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

## How far is Gotpur from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)12 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)12 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 Gotpur?

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

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 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 Gotpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 66% of the 301 hectares of village land is sown, and 106 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 Gotpur

Of every 100 households in Gotpur in 2011, 96 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gotpur · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

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 Gotpur?

■ Gotpur · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****689**

**1001

Working population ****60.5%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 64.6% for women. 65% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (22%) · **■** Household industry 69 (13%) · **■** Other work 55 (10%) · **■** Marginal 182 (33%)

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

- Nawagaon968 people
- Makrikhuna939 people
- Aturgaon910 people
- Pandarwahi909 people
- Sidesar894 people
- Kodajunga891 people
- Kokadi880 people
- Nara858 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gotpur?494334
- How far is Gotpur from Kanker?12 km by road
- What is the population of Gotpur?906 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gotpur in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Gotpur?75.1% (Census 2011)