# Pungar Village, Pottangi, Koraput (Odisha) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Pottangi, Koraput 

# Pungar

Pungar is a village in Pottangi sub-district of Koraput district, Odisha, PIN code **764036**. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 321 households**, the 18th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 34.7%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 321households
- 64.1%literacy
- 764036PIN code

## Pungar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Pungar is 764036.** Pungar falls in Pottangi sub-district, Koraput district, Odisha.

- PIN code764036
- Gram panchayatKunduli
- Community development blockSimiliguda
- Census village code430012

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

## How far is Pungar from nearby towns?

- Pottangi (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Koraput (district HQ)34 km by road
- Kotpad (nearest town)24 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 Pungar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Pungar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kana
- ○Degree college10+ km · Semiliguda
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Semiliguda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)15 h summer · 18 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 Pungar known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ragi and vegetable**. Products made here include rice. About 38% of the 658 hectares of village land is sown, and 68 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 Pungar

Of every 100 households in Pungar in 2011, 45 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pungar · ■ Pottangi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**9%

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

**86%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**97%

Use banking services ****51%**

**47%

Television ****14%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**73%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Pungar?

■ Pungar · ■ Pottangi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**34.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**1032

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****738**

**939

Working population ****40.4%**

**55.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 50.4% for women. 38% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 421 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 41 (6%) · **■** Marginal 191 (28%)

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 Pottangi

- Ampaballi1,795 people
- Sadam1,716 people
- Nuagam1,699 people
- Kudi1,667 people
- Pondoi1,592 people
- Sorada1,548 people
- Gangarajpur1,502 people
- Bodogolluru1,297 people

[All 106 villages in Pottangi](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/koraput/pottangi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Pungar?764036
- How far is Pungar from Koraput?34 km by road
- What is the population of Pungar?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pungar in?Koraput district (Pottangi sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Pungar?64.1% (Census 2011)