# Cherai Village, Osian, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Osian, Jodhpur 

# Cherai

Cherai is a village in Osian sub-district of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, PIN code **342306**. The 2011 Census counted **3,175 people in 546 households**, the 33rd largest of 264 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.7%.

- 3,175people (2011)
- 546households
- 41.4%literacy
- 342306PIN code

## Cherai PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Cherai is 342306.** Cherai falls in Osian sub-district, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code342306
- Community development blockOsian
- Census village code084576

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

## How far is Cherai from nearby towns?

- Osian (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Jodhpur (district HQ)65 km by road
- Jodhpur (nearest town)65 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 Cherai?

28 services counted by the Census are inside Cherai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Osian
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Osian
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Cherai known for?

The main crops are **bajara, moth and wheat**. About 67% of the 1,407 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 Cherai

Of every 100 households in Cherai in 2011, 60 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Cherai · ■ Osian rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**86%

Tap water ****76%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**16%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****80%**

**52%

Television ****23%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****14%**

**19%

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 Cherai?

■ Cherai · ■ Osian rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.4%**

**57.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**890

Working population ****46.7%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 23.6% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 867 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (6%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 150 (10%) · **■** Marginal 372 (25%)

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 Osian

- Pali-Ii3,297 people
- Chandrakh3,266 people
- Hatundi3,251 people
- Thob3,247 people
- Ghevara3,117 people
- Ummednagar3,093 people
- Anwana3,051 people
- Nandiya Khurd3,050 people

[All 264 villages in Osian](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/jodhpur/osian/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Cherai?342306
- How far is Cherai from Jodhpur?65 km by road
- What is the population of Cherai?3,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Cherai in?Jodhpur district (Osian sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Cherai?41.4% (Census 2011)