# Nakhara Village, Choudwar, Cuttack (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Choudwar, Cuttack 

# Nakhara

Nakhara is a village in Choudwar sub-district of Cuttack district, Odisha, PIN code **754025**. The 2011 Census counted **1,768 people in 349 households**, the 14th largest of 49 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,768people (2011)
- 349households
- 88.3%literacy
- 754025PIN code

## Nakhara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Nakhara is 754025.** Nakhara falls in Choudwar sub-district, Cuttack district, Odisha.

- PIN code754025
- Gram panchayatNakhara
- Community development blockTangi Choudwar
- Census village code399296

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

## How far is Nakhara from nearby towns?

- Choudwar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Cuttack (district HQ)20 km by road
- Choudwar (nearest town)8 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 Nakhara?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Nakhara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Choudwar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Choudwar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Choudwar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 19 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 Nakhara known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 267 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 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 Nakhara

Of every 100 households in Nakhara in 2011, 67 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nakhara · ■ Choudwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**82%

Tap water ****13%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**43%

Television ****51%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Nakhara?

■ Nakhara · ■ Choudwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.3%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**952

Working population ****32.5%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 83.7% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (6%) · **■** Household industry 30 (5%) · **■** Other work 322 (56%) · **■** Marginal 99 (17%)

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 Choudwar

- Bandalo2,216 people
- Jajabhairab2,104 people
- Badapadagaon1,962 people
- Mahalapada1,938 people
- Nuapatana1,611 people
- Alarpur1,587 people
- Kochilanuagaon1,550 people
- Kayalpada1,544 people

[All 60 villages in Choudwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/cuttack/choudwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Nakhara?754025
- How far is Nakhara from Cuttack?20 km by road
- What is the population of Nakhara?1,768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nakhara in?Cuttack district (Choudwar sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Nakhara?88.3% (Census 2011)
