# Rijgaon Village, Handiya, Harda (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Handiya, Harda 

# Rijgaon

Rijgaon is a village in Handiya sub-district of Harda district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,561 people in 296 households**, the 10th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,561people (2011)
- 296households
- 75.2%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Rijgaon PIN code and other codes

Rijgaon falls in Handiya sub-district, Harda district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockHarda
- Census village code486890

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

## How far is Rijgaon from nearby towns?

- Handiya (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Harda (district HQ)18 km by road
- Harda (nearest town)18 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 Rijgaon?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Rijgaon; 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
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Harda
- ○Degree college10+ km · Harda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harda
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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 Rijgaon known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 82% of the 1,086 hectares of village land is sown, and 895 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 Rijgaon

Of every 100 households in Rijgaon in 2011, 82 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rijgaon · ■ Handiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**66%

Tap water ****37%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**90%

Use banking services ****47%**

**42%

Television ****44%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**25%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****13%**

**30%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Rijgaon?

■ Rijgaon · ■ Handiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**923

Working population ****55.7%**

**44.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 63.1% for women. 56% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 197 (23%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (4%) · **■** Marginal 440 (51%)

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 Handiya

- Sontalai1,755 people
- Ajnas Ryt1,731 people
- Mangrul1,618 people
- Segone1,579 people
- Karanpura1,541 people
- Uman1,369 people
- Pachola1,357 people
- Kheda1,298 people

[All 110 villages in Handiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/harda/handiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Rijgaon from Harda?18 km by road
- What is the population of Rijgaon?1,561 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rijgaon in?Harda district (Handiya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rijgaon?75.2% (Census 2011)