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

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Village · Kesinga, Kalahandi 

# Gaigaon

Gaigaon is a village in Kesinga sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766011**. The 2011 Census counted **1,387 people in 346 households**, the 33rd largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,387people (2011)
- 346households
- 65.0%literacy
- 766011PIN code

## Gaigaon PIN code and other codes

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

- PIN code766011
- Gram panchayatGaigaon
- Community development blockKesinga
- Census village code422394

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

## How far is Gaigaon from nearby towns?

- Kesinga (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)15 km by road
- Kesinga (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 Gaigaon?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●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 school5–10 km · Utkela
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kesinga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)13 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 Gaigaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, cotton and ground nut**. About 91% of the 590 hectares of village land is sown, and 102 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 Gaigaon

Of every 100 households in Gaigaon in 2011, 41 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaigaon · ■ Kesinga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****17%**

**31%

Television ****29%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Gaigaon?

■ Gaigaon · ■ Kesinga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**929

Working population ****49.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 52.3% for women. 63% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (13%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 82 (12%) · **■** Marginal 350 (51%)

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

- Kuten1,470 people
- Dumermunda1,464 people
- Kundabandha1,430 people
- Ghatpada1,422 people
- Dendoguda1,357 people
- Karmegaon1,304 people
- Titkela1,304 people
- Matia1,295 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Gaigaon?766011
- How far is Gaigaon from Bhawanipatna?15 km by road
- What is the population of Gaigaon?1,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaigaon in?Kalahandi district (Kesinga sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Gaigaon?65.0% (Census 2011)