# Kerpai Village, Thuamul Rampur, Kalahandi (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Thuamul Rampur, Kalahandi 

# Kerpai

Kerpai is a village in Thuamul Rampur sub-district of Kalahandi district, Odisha, PIN code **766037**. The 2011 Census counted **227 people in 53 households**, the 121st largest of 275 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 45.0%.

- 227people (2011)
- 53households
- 23.3%literacy
- 766037PIN code

## Kerpai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kerpai is 766037.** Kerpai falls in Thuamul Rampur sub-district, Kalahandi district, Odisha.

- PIN code766037
- Gram panchayatKerpai
- Community development blockThuamul-Rampur
- Census village code424342

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

## How far is Kerpai from nearby towns?

- Thuamul Rampur (sub-district HQ)65 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (district HQ)95 km by road
- Bhawanipatna (nearest town)95 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 Kerpai?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Kerpai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kachalekha
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kasipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhawanipatna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhawanipatna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells and tube wells / boreholes

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 Kerpai known for?

The main crops are **ragi and bajra**. About 16% of the 74 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 Kerpai

Of every 100 households in Kerpai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kerpai · ■ Thuamul Rampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**84%

Tap water ****98%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****76%**

**21%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**8%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****87%**

**68%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Kerpai?

■ Kerpai · ■ Thuamul Rampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****23.3%**

**45.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1142**

**1042

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**987

Working population ****55.5%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 36.2% for men and 12.5% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 61 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 56 (44%)

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 Thuamul Rampur

- Bhitardunga238 people
- Latiaguda237 people
- Marguma235 people
- Semelpadar229 people
- Samapala227 people
- Melghara224 people
- Madangguda222 people
- Uparpermanji220 people

[All 298 villages in Thuamul Rampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/kalahandi/thuamul-rampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kerpai?766037
- How far is Kerpai from Bhawanipatna?95 km by road
- What is the population of Kerpai?227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kerpai in?Kalahandi district (Thuamul Rampur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Kerpai?23.3% (Census 2011)