# Diwangaon Village, Amarwara, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Amarwara, Chhindwara 

# Diwangaon

Diwangaon is a village in Amarwara sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **427 people in 92 households**, the 135th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 427people (2011)
- 92households
- 44.2%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Diwangaon PIN code and other codes

Diwangaon falls in Amarwara sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAmarwara
- Census village code494007

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

## How far is Diwangaon from nearby towns?

- Amarwara (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)75 km by road
- Amarwara (nearest town)28 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 Diwangaon?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Diwangaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Aklama
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Amarwara
- ○Degree college10+ km · Amarwara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chhindwara
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ 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 wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 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 Diwangaon known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 60% of the 144 hectares of village land is sown, and 14 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 Diwangaon

Of every 100 households in Diwangaon in 2011, 89 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Diwangaon · ■ Amarwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****67%**

**54%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**51%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Diwangaon?

■ Diwangaon · ■ Amarwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.2%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**970

Working population ****64.6%**

**51.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.4% for men and 39.1% for women. 66% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 72 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (17%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 154 (56%)

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 Amarwara

- Thawri Kalan480 people
- Pipariya Birsa473 people
- Chimauwa446 people
- Charna430 people
- Saliwada Ghat407 people
- Umariya383 people
- Latgaon374 people
- Bamhori337 people

[All 150 villages in Amarwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/amarwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Diwangaon from Chhindwara?75 km by road
- What is the population of Diwangaon?427 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Diwangaon in?Chhindwara district (Amarwara sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Diwangaon?44.2% (Census 2011)