# Dhumchai Village, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bhanjanagar, Ganjam 

# Dhumchai

Dhumchai is a village in Bhanjanagar sub-district of Ganjam district, Odisha, PIN code **761140**. The 2011 Census counted **1,377 people in 315 households**, the 41st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,377people (2011)
- 315households
- 87.0%literacy
- 761140PIN code

## Dhumchai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dhumchai is 761140.** Dhumchai falls in Bhanjanagar sub-district, Ganjam district, Odisha.

- PIN code761140
- Gram panchayatDhumchai
- Community development blockBellaguntha
- Census village code410617

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

## How far is Dhumchai from nearby towns?

- Bhanjanagar (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Chatrapur (district HQ)120 km by road
- Bhanjanagar (nearest town)4 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 Dhumchai?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Dhumchai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhanjanagar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bhanjanagar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Bellaguntha
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 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 Dhumchai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. About 58% of the 83 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Dhumchai

Of every 100 households in Dhumchai in 2011, 66 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dhumchai · ■ Bhanjanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**78%

Tap water ****55%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**36%

Television ****47%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

Own their home ****88%**

**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 Dhumchai?

■ Dhumchai · ■ Bhanjanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**904

Working population ****37.8%**

**44.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 80.4% for women. 53% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 242 (47%) · **■** Marginal 207 (40%)

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 Bhanjanagar

- Kurulai1,443 people
- Binjigiri1,422 people
- Chadhiapalli1,395 people
- Gajendra1,393 people
- Sanakodanda1,337 people
- Banatumba1,284 people
- Hatiguda1,271 people
- Jiroli1,221 people

[All 139 villages in Bhanjanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/ganjam/bhanjanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dhumchai?761140
- How far is Dhumchai from Chatrapur?120 km by road
- What is the population of Dhumchai?1,377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dhumchai in?Ganjam district (Bhanjanagar sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Dhumchai?87.0% (Census 2011)