# Chancher Village, Kesinga, Kalahandi (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Kesinga, Kalahandi 

# Chancher

Chancher is a village in Kesinga sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766011**. The 2011 Census counted **1,896 people in 482 households**, the 14th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,896people (2011)
- 482households
- 63.6%literacy
- 766011PIN code

## Chancher PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chancher is 766011.** Chancher falls in Kesinga sub-district, Kalahandi district, Odisha.

- PIN code766011
- Gram panchayatChanchar
- Community development blockKesinga
- Census village code422391

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

## How far is Chancher from nearby towns?

- Kesinga (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)22 km by road
- Kesinga (nearest town)13 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 Chancher?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Utkela
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kesinga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes 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 Chancher known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ground nuts and sunflower**. About 88% of the 616 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 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 Chancher

Of every 100 households in Chancher in 2011, 28 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chancher · ■ Kesinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**98%

Use banking services ****44%**

**31%

Television ****20%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chancher?

■ Chancher · ■ Kesinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**929

Working population ****45.3%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 49.9% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 103 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (22%) · **■** Household industry 34 (4%) · **■** Other work 237 (28%) · **■** Marginal 295 (34%)

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 Kesinga

- Talbhaira2,090 people
- Tansir2,014 people
- Rengali2,006 people
- Paralsinga1,909 people
- Sirol1,884 people
- Takarla1,839 people
- Sirjapali1,812 people
- Balsi1,799 people

[All 127 villages in Kesinga](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kalahandi/kesinga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chancher?766011
- How far is Chancher from Bhawanipatna?22 km by road
- What is the population of Chancher?1,896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chancher in?Kalahandi district (Kesinga sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Chancher?63.6% (Census 2011)