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

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Village · Kanker, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Pusawand

Pusawand is a village in Kanker sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **493551**. The 2011 Census counted **719 people in 169 households**, the 52nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 719people (2011)
- 169households
- 71.8%literacy
- 493551PIN code

## Pusawand PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pusawand is 493551.** Pusawand falls in Kanker sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code493551
- Gram panchayatAnjani
- Community development blockKanker
- Census village code447865

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

## How far is Pusawand from nearby towns?

- Kanker (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)15 km by road
- Kanker (nearest town)15 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 Pusawand?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Pusawand; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Paroda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanker
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kanker
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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

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 Pusawand known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 62% of the 311 hectares of village land is sown, and 22 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 Pusawand

Of every 100 households in Pusawand in 2011, 76 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pusawand · ■ Kanker rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**80%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****95%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****48%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

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

**1%

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

**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 Pusawand?

■ Pusawand · ■ Kanker rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1166**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1242**

**1001

Working population ****63.6%**

**57.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 63.3% for women. 65% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 275 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (13%) · **■** Other work 32 (7%) · **■** Marginal 91 (20%)

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

- Mudpar758 people
- Tultuli754 people
- Nadanmara748 people
- Bhairadih737 people
- Arjuni673 people
- Patharri626 people
- Mardapoti617 people
- Siltara616 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pusawand?493551
- How far is Pusawand from Kanker?15 km by road
- What is the population of Pusawand?719 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pusawand in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Kanker sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Pusawand?71.8% (Census 2011)