# Sigon Village, Chanderi, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Chanderi, Ashoknagar 

# Sigon

Sigon is a village in Chanderi sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,155 people in 507 households**, the 5th largest of 133 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.4%.

- 2,155people (2011)
- 507households
- 66.7%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Sigon PIN code and other codes

Sigon falls in Chanderi sub-district, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockChanderi
- Census village code500312

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

## How far is Sigon from nearby towns?

- Chanderi (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)37 km by road
- Ashoknagar (nearest town)37 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 Sigon?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ashok Nagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 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 Sigon known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 91% of the 1,291 hectares of village land is sown, and 407 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 Sigon

Of every 100 households in Sigon in 2011, 19 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sigon · ■ Chanderi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**6%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****11%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sigon?

■ Sigon · ■ Chanderi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**58.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**905

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**927

Working population ****53.1%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 49.1% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 293 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 307 (27%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 516 (45%)

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 Chanderi

- Pranpur3,620 people
- Badera3,446 people
- Gora Kalan2,301 people
- Vikrampur2,285 people
- Nanon2,110 people
- Nawni2,097 people
- Mohanpur Chanderi1,921 people
- Khanpur Chanderi1,882 people

[All 165 villages in Chanderi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ashoknagar/chanderi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sigon from Ashoknagar?37 km by road
- What is the population of Sigon?2,155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sigon in?Ashoknagar district (Chanderi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sigon?66.7% (Census 2011)