# Saunta Village, Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol 

# Saunta

Saunta is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,058 people in 265 households**, the 63rd largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,058people (2011)
- 265households
- 61.7%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Saunta PIN code and other codes

Saunta falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJaisinghnagar
- Census village code501044

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

## How far is Saunta from nearby towns?

- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ)35 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)85 km by road
- Beohari (nearest town)15 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 Saunta?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Saunta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km
- ○Degree college10+ km · Beohari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- 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 Saunta known for?

About 8% of the 1,245 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Saunta

Of every 100 households in Saunta in 2011, 5 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saunta · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****5%**

**62%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**38%

Own their home ****83%**

**98%

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 Saunta?

■ Saunta · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**957

Working population ****51.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 48.4% for women. 51% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 511 (94%)

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 Jaisinghnagar

- Basahi1,090 people
- Tali Kalan1,080 people
- Bineka1,076 people
- Mudariya Tola1,072 people
- Pateriya Tola1,048 people
- Basnagri1,043 people
- Kothigarh1,039 people
- Koylari1,022 people

[All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/jaisinghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Saunta from Shahdol?85 km by road
- What is the population of Saunta?1,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saunta in?Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saunta?61.7% (Census 2011)