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

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Mardapoti

Mardapoti is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494334**. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 133 households**, the 55th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 617people (2011)
- 133households
- 63.3%literacy
- 494334PIN code

## Mardapoti PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code494334
- Gram panchayatMardapoti
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447858

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

## How far is Mardapoti 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 Mardapoti?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Mardapoti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Mardapoti known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kulthi**. About 52% of the 463 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Mardapoti

Of every 100 households in Mardapoti in 2011, 39 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mardapoti · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****99%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**19%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Mardapoti?

■ Mardapoti · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.3%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1128**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1366**

**1001

Working population ****54.8%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 46.5% for women. 56% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (7%) · **■** Marginal 81 (24%)

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

- Bhairadih737 people
- Pusawand719 people
- Arjuni673 people
- Patharri626 people
- Siltara616 people
- Albeda607 people
- Ichchhapur603 people
- Gaurgaon593 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mardapoti?494334
- How far is Mardapoti from Kanker?12 km by road
- What is the population of Mardapoti?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mardapoti in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Mardapoti?63.3% (Census 2011)