# Orchha Village, Pakhanjur, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Pakhanjur, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Orchha

Orchha is a village in Pakhanjur sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494661**. The 2011 Census counted **255 people in 44 households**, the 211th largest of 299 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 255people (2011)
- 44households
- 59.5%literacy
- 494661PIN code

## Orchha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Orchha is 494661.** Orchha falls in Pakhanjur sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494661
- Gram panchayatIrpanar
- Community development blockKoyalibeda
- Census village code448366

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

## How far is Orchha from nearby towns?

- Pakhanjur (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)171 km by road
- Pakhanjur (nearest town)45 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 Orchha?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Orchha; 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
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Irpanar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pakhanjur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pakhanjur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Orchha known for?

About 28% of the 325 hectares of village land is sown, and 7 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 Orchha

Of every 100 households in Orchha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Orchha · ■ Pakhanjur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****36%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**14%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Orchha?

■ Orchha · ■ Pakhanjur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2077**

**981

Working population ****36.1%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 44.2% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 60 (65%) · **■** Other work 10 (11%) · **■** Marginal 22 (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 Pakhanjur

- Deepnagar267 people
- Markanar267 people
- Pakurkal264 people
- Enahura255 people
- Penkodo251 people
- Balligarh248 people
- Ujala247 people
- Chetanyapur246 people

[All 301 villages in Pakhanjur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/pakhanjur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Orchha?494661
- How far is Orchha from Kanker?171 km by road
- What is the population of Orchha?255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Orchha in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Pakhanjur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Orchha?59.5% (Census 2011)