Village · Sihora, Jabalpur # Pondi Kalan Pondi Kalan is a village in Sihora sub-district of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 2,412 people in 623 households, the 7th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%. - 2,412 people (2011) - 623 households - 77.4% literacy - 953 females per 1,000 males ## Pondi Kalan PIN code and other codes Pondi Kalan falls in Sihora sub-district, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. - Community development block Sihora - Census village code 489075 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Pondi Kalan from nearby towns? - Sihora (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road - Jabalpur (district HQ) 40 km by road - Sihora (nearest town) 20 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Pondi Kalan? 15 services counted by the Census are inside Pondi Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 3 private - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Middle school In village · 1 govt - ● Secondary school In village · 1 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Public bus service In village - ● Private bus service In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Public library In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Gosalpur - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Khitola - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Jabalpur - ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Railway station 5–10 km - ○ ATM 10+ km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water treated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 8 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Pondi Kalan known for? The main crops are dhan, wheat and chana. About 86% of the 426 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Pondi Kalan Of every 100 households in Pondi Kalan in 2011, 93 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Pondi Kalan · ■ Sihora rural average - Electricity for lighting 93% 83% - Toilet within the home 24% 26% - No toilet (open defecation) 76% 74% - Tap water 31% 18% - Drinking water within premises 33% 16% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 5% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 95% - Use banking services 26% 51% - Television 25% 24% - Mobile phone 8% 26% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 8% 9% - Car / jeep / van 0% 1% - None of these assets 29% 39% - Own their home 98% 96% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Pondi Kalan? ■ Pondi Kalan · ■ Sihora rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 77.4% 75.4% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 953 950 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 803 950 - Working population 50.9% 47.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 89.4% for men and 65.0% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 190 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 5 (0%) · ■ Household industry 95 (8%) · ■ Other work 74 (6%) · ■ Marginal 864 (70%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Sihora - Gosalpur 6,251 people - Agariya 3,311 people - Ramkhiriya 2,775 people - Kumhi 2,487 people - Sarauli 2,098 people - Dharampura 1,966 people - Jujhari 1,935 people - Hirdyanagar 1,775 people All 155 villages in Sihora ## Quick answers - How far is Pondi Kalan from Jabalpur? 40 km by road - What is the population of Pondi Kalan? 2,412 (Census 2011) - Which district is Pondi Kalan in? Jabalpur district (Sihora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Pondi Kalan? 77.4% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/jabalpur/sihora/pondi-kalan/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.