# Uchan Village, Handiya, Harda (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Handiya, Harda 

# Uchan

Uchan is a village in Handiya sub-district of Harda district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 104 households**, the 61st largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 416people (2011)
- 104households
- 60.1%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Uchan PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockHarda
- Census village code486804

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

## How far is Uchan from nearby towns?

- Handiya (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Harda (district HQ)35 km by road
- Harda (nearest town)35 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 Uchan?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Uchan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Handia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Harda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Harda
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 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 marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Uchan known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 43% of the 332 hectares of village land is sown, and 144 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 Uchan

Of every 100 households in Uchan in 2011, 91 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchan · ■ Handiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**23%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**25%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****31%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uchan?

■ Uchan · ■ Handiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**923

Working population ****25.5%**

**44.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 41.8% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (18%) · **■** Other work 13 (12%) · **■** Marginal 23 (22%)

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

- Beswan481 people
- Goyat480 people
- Joga Vangram464 people
- Gaula442 people
- Gadrapur Damami415 people
- Ajnai402 people
- Gurarkheda392 people
- Gangiya Khedi386 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Uchan from Harda?35 km by road
- What is the population of Uchan?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchan in?Harda district (Handiya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Uchan?60.1% (Census 2011)