Village · Pipariya, Hoshangabad
# Posera

Posera is a village in Pipariya sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,601 people in 299 households, the 15th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.
- 1,601 people (2011)
- 299 households
- 59.9% literacy
- 897 females per 1,000 males

## Posera PIN code and other codes

Posera falls in Pipariya sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Pipariya
- Census village code 487828

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Posera from nearby towns?
- Pipariya (sub-district HQ) 17 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ) 89 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town) 17 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Posera?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Posera; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1
- ● Sub post office In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Khapar Kheda
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Pipariya
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Posera known for?

The main crops are wheat, soyabean and chana. About 93% of the 835 hectares of village land is sown, and 652 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Posera

Of every 100 households in Posera in 2011, 91 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Posera · ■ Pipariya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 91% 71%
- Toilet within the home 21% 28%
- No toilet (open defecation) 79% 72%
- Tap water 7% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 24% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 7%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 92%
- Use banking services 21% 49%
- Television 21% 25%
- Mobile phone 38% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 20% 18%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 39% 37%
- Own their home 99% 93%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Posera?

■ Posera · ■ Pipariya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.9% 66.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 897 899
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 935
- Working population 38.1% 38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 49.5% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 203 (33%) · ■ Farm labourers 273 (45%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 19 (3%) · ■ Marginal 107 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Pipariya
- Punaur 1,983 people
- Pachamari 1,824 people
- Semari Tala 1,750 people
- Rampur 1,684 people
- Jabhara 1,575 people
- Khenwar 1,505 people
- Gadaghat 1,464 people
- Sahalwada 1,439 people

All 147 villages in Pipariya

## Quick answers
- How far is Posera from Hoshangabad? 89 km by road
- What is the population of Posera? 1,601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Posera in? Hoshangabad district (Pipariya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Posera? 59.9% (Census 2011)

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