# Chihunta Village, Patan, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Patan, Jabalpur 

# Chihunta

Chihunta is a village in Patan sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **344 people in 65 households**, the 137th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.5%.

- 344people (2011)
- 65households
- 74.0%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Chihunta PIN code and other codes

Chihunta falls in Patan sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPatan
- Census village code489509

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

## How far is Chihunta from nearby towns?

- Patan (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Jabalpur (district HQ)14 km by road
- Patan (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 Chihunta?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Chihunta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nunsar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jabalpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ 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 market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Chihunta known for?

The main crops are **dhan, chana and wheat**. About 87% of the 180 hectares of village land is sown, and 121 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 Chihunta

Of every 100 households in Chihunta in 2011, 53 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chihunta · ■ Patan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****71%**

**45%

Television ****39%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**34%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chihunta?

■ Chihunta · ■ Patan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**74.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**905

Working population ****42.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 66.9% for women. 54% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (19%) · **■** Other work 7 (5%) · **■** Marginal 102 (70%)

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 Patan

- Mahda Mankawara360 people
- Umariya358 people
- Achalauni351 people
- Khaira346 people
- Hinauta342 people
- Dohra333 people
- Hinauta328 people
- Pipariya321 people

[All 222 villages in Patan](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/jabalpur/patan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chihunta from Jabalpur?14 km by road
- What is the population of Chihunta?344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chihunta in?Jabalpur district (Patan sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chihunta?74.0% (Census 2011)