# Pigdambar Village, Mhow, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mhow, Indore 

# Pigdambar

Pigdambar is a village in Mhow sub-district of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,247 people in 756 households**, the 10th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 4,247people (2011)
- 756households
- 80.5%literacy
- 810females per 1,000 males

## Pigdambar PIN code and other codes

Pigdambar falls in Mhow sub-district, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMhow
- Census village code476384

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

## How far is Pigdambar from nearby towns?

- Mhow (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Indore (district HQ)14 km by road
- Mhowgaon (nearest town)5 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 Pigdambar?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Pigdambar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Engineering collegeIn village · 2 private
- ●Management instituteIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Mhow
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Mhow
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Indore
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap 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](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pigdambar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and potato**. About 48% of the 462 hectares of village land is sown, and 184 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 Pigdambar

Of every 100 households in Pigdambar in 2011, 97 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 56 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Pigdambar · ■ Mhow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**53%

Tap water ****68%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****56%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****37%**

**68%

Use banking services ****68%**

**48%

Television ****66%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****7%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**5%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

Own their home ****61%**

**87%

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 Pigdambar?

■ Pigdambar · ■ Mhow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****810**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**929

Working population ****34.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 71.4% for women. 46% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 74 (5%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 751 (52%) · **■** Marginal 358 (25%)

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 Mhow

- Banjari8,313 people
- Bhagora5,259 people
- Hasalpur4,371 people
- Bhatkhedi4,366 people
- Harnya Khedi4,207 people
- Sonway3,969 people
- Jamli3,924 people
- Umariya3,355 people

[All 172 villages in Mhow](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/indore/mhow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pigdambar from Indore?14 km by road
- What is the population of Pigdambar?4,247 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pigdambar in?Indore district (Mhow sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pigdambar?80.5% (Census 2011)
