# Chargaon Village, Bankhedi, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bankhedi, Hoshangabad 

# Chargaon

Chargaon is a village in Bankhedi sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **676 people in 136 households**, the 62nd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 676people (2011)
- 136households
- 62.1%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Chargaon PIN code and other codes

Chargaon falls in Bankhedi sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBankhedi
- Census village code487978

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

## How far is Chargaon from nearby towns?

- Bankhedi (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)110 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town)32 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 Chargaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bankhedi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pipariya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Chargaon known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 87% of the 258 hectares of village land is sown, and 211 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 Chargaon

Of every 100 households in Chargaon in 2011, 76 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chargaon · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**25%

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

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**26%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****30%**

**27%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**16%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Chargaon?

■ Chargaon · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**931

Working population ****42.0%**

**43.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.0% for men and 50.7% for women. 56% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 92 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (61%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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 Bankhedi

- Kalangaon720 people
- Gadarwada697 people
- Hanotia697 people
- Bijanhai695 people
- Berkhedi675 people
- Baghedi674 people
- Jamuniya Randhir665 people
- Imaliya659 people

[All 125 villages in Bankhedi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/bankhedi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chargaon from Hoshangabad?110 km by road
- What is the population of Chargaon?676 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chargaon in?Hoshangabad district (Bankhedi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chargaon?62.1% (Census 2011)