# Pongar Village, Keolari, Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Keolari, Seoni 

# Pongar

Pongar is a village in Keolari sub-district of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **524 people in 139 households**, the 118th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.0%.

- 524people (2011)
- 139households
- 68.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Pongar PIN code and other codes

Pongar falls in Keolari sub-district, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKeolari
- Census village code496595

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

## How far is Pongar from nearby towns?

- Keolari (sub-district HQ)26 km by road
- Seoni (district HQ)81 km by road
- Nainpur (nearest town)48 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 Pongar?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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 schoolunder 5 km · Keolari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Seoni
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Pongar known for?

About 70% of the 305 hectares of village land is sown, and 16 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 Pongar

Of every 100 households in Pongar in 2011, 64 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pongar · ■ Keolari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**96%

Use banking services ****48%**

**63%

Television ****22%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**35%

Own their home ****95%**

**93%

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 Pongar?

■ Pongar · ■ Keolari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**961

Working population ****44.3%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 60.2% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 173 (75%)

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 Keolari

- Gorakhpur531 people
- Sahajpuri530 people
- Bichuwa528 people
- Sindradehi525 people
- Kachhari519 people
- Sanwari499 people
- Kopijhola493 people
- Begarwani Khurd491 people

[All 184 villages in Keolari](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/seoni/keolari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pongar from Seoni?81 km by road
- What is the population of Pongar?524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pongar in?Seoni district (Keolari sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pongar?68.8% (Census 2011)