# Chingudighai Village, Purusottampur, Ganjam (Odisha)

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Village · Purusottampur, Ganjam 

# Chingudighai

Chingudighai is a village in Purusottampur sub-district of Ganjam district, Odisha, PIN code **761018**. The 2011 Census counted **3,436 people in 683 households**, the 10th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 3,436people (2011)
- 683households
- 69.0%literacy
- 761018PIN code

## Chingudighai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chingudighai is 761018.** Chingudighai falls in Purusottampur sub-district, Ganjam district, Odisha.

- PIN code761018
- Gram panchayatChingudighai
- Community development blockPurusottampur
- Census village code412164

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

## How far is Chingudighai from nearby towns?

- Purusottampur (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Chatrapur (district HQ)35 km by road
- Kodala (nearest town)5 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 Chingudighai?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Chingudighai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Kodala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purusottampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Berhmpur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 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 Chingudighai known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pulses**. About 83% of the 495 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Chingudighai

Of every 100 households in Chingudighai in 2011, 42 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chingudighai · ■ Purusottampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****24%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**12%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**46%

Television ****25%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Chingudighai?

■ Chingudighai · ■ Purusottampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**898

Working population ****45.2%**

**44.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 55.9% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 332 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (3%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 113 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,028 (66%)

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 Purusottampur

- Nandika3,812 people
- Sahapur3,742 people
- Arakhapur3,530 people
- Jamuni3,463 people
- Pratappur3,153 people
- Gangadahani3,075 people
- Bhabandha3,010 people
- Ranajhali2,579 people

[All 107 villages in Purusottampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/ganjam/purusottampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chingudighai?761018
- How far is Chingudighai from Chatrapur?35 km by road
- What is the population of Chingudighai?3,436 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chingudighai in?Ganjam district (Purusottampur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Chingudighai?69.0% (Census 2011)