# Chengai Village, Bashant Rai*, Godda (Jharkhand) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bashant Rai*, Godda 

# Chengai

Chengai is a village in Bashant Rai* sub-district of Godda district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **984 people in 165 households**, the 39th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 984people (2011)
- 165households
- 52.1%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Chengai PIN code and other codes

Chengai falls in Bashant Rai* sub-district, Godda district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatBeldiha
- Community development blockBashant Rai*
- Census village code357062

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

## How far is Chengai from nearby towns?

- Bashant Rai (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Godda (district HQ)30 km by road
- Godda (nearest town)30 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 Chengai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chengai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km

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 Chengai known for?

About 21% of the 89 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Chengai

Of every 100 households in Chengai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chengai · ■ Bashant Rai* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**21%

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

**0%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****21%**

**40%

Television ****0%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chengai?

■ Chengai · ■ Bashant Rai* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.1%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**964

Working population ****26.8%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 37.7% for women. 50% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 20 (8%) · **■** Marginal 225 (85%)

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 Bashant Rai*

- Maheshpur1,147 people
- Maheshtikri1,073 people
- Kapeta1,054 people
- Kumhrakol1,014 people
- Chanai Chak968 people
- Parbatta966 people
- Deoghara Jagir955 people
- Rampur920 people

[All 117 villages in Bashant Rai*](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/godda/bashant-rai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chengai from Godda?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chengai?984 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chengai in?Godda district (Bashant Rai* sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chengai?52.1% (Census 2011)