# Chitora Village, Sironj, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sironj, Vidisha 

# Chitora

Chitora is a village in Sironj sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **519 people in 122 households**, the 147th largest of 275 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 519people (2011)
- 122households
- 71.8%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Chitora PIN code and other codes

Chitora falls in Sironj sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSironj
- Census village code480889

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

## How far is Chitora from nearby towns?

- Sironj (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)86 km by road
- Sironj (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 Chitora?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chitora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Chitora known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and soyabean**. About 88% of the 420 hectares of village land is sown, and 226 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 Chitora

Of every 100 households in Chitora in 2011, 80 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chitora · ■ Sironj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**46%

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

**8%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**17%

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

**1%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****23%**

**25%

Television ****5%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chitora?

■ Chitora · ■ Sironj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**60.9%

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

**878

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**912

Working population ****39.1%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 60.1% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (6%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 96 (47%)

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 Sironj

- Ramnagar532 people
- Kachnariya531 people
- Ibrahimpur528 people
- Bishepur527 people
- Bharwas517 people
- Bhatoli515 people
- Dhimauli515 people
- Durang510 people

[All 289 villages in Sironj](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/sironj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chitora from Vidisha?86 km by road
- What is the population of Chitora?519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitora in?Vidisha district (Sironj sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chitora?71.8% (Census 2011)