# Purvatola Village, Lanji, Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Lanji, Balaghat 

# Purvatola

Purvatola is a village in Lanji sub-district of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,587 people in 319 households**, the 46th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,587people (2011)
- 319households
- 77.8%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Purvatola PIN code and other codes

Purvatola falls in Lanji sub-district, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLanji
- Census village code498622

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

## How far is Purvatola from nearby towns?

- Lanji (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Balaghat (district HQ)62 km by road
- Lanji (nearest town)1 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 Purvatola?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Purvatola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lanji
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Lanji
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Balaghat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Purvatola known for?

The main crops are **dhan, wheat and chana**. About 71% of the 204 hectares of village land is sown, and 85 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 Purvatola

Of every 100 households in Purvatola in 2011, 83 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purvatola · ■ Lanji rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**98%

Use banking services ****21%**

**25%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Purvatola?

■ Purvatola · ■ Lanji rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**987

Working population ****61.1%**

**59.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 68.3% for women. 62% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 378 (39%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (8%) · **■** Marginal 432 (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 Lanji

- Dahegaon1,778 people
- Biranpur1,697 people
- Singola1,695 people
- Newarwahi1,628 people
- Bhimodi1,523 people
- Chicholi1,501 people
- Bothali1,474 people
- Chikhli1,421 people

[All 162 villages in Lanji](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/balaghat/lanji/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Purvatola from Balaghat?62 km by road
- What is the population of Purvatola?1,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purvatola in?Balaghat district (Lanji sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Purvatola?77.8% (Census 2011)