# Kalau Village, Shergarh, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) – PIN Code

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Village · Shergarh, Jodhpur 

# Kalau

Kalau is a village in Shergarh sub-district of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, PIN code **342025**. The 2011 Census counted **862 people in 135 households**, the 152nd largest of 507 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 862people (2011)
- 135households
- 65.5%literacy
- 342025PIN code

## Kalau PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalau is 342025.** Kalau falls in Shergarh sub-district, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code342025
- Community development blockShergarh
- Census village code085036

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

## How far is Kalau from nearby towns?

- Shergarh (sub-district HQ)68 km by road
- Jodhpur (district HQ)137 km by road
- Jodhpur (nearest town)137 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 Kalau?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kalau; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Shergarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Balesar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps, 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 Kalau known for?

The main crops are **bajara, guar and moth**. About 50% of the 386 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Kalau

Of every 100 households in Kalau in 2011, 49 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Kalau · ■ Shergarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**88%

Tap water ****70%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****35%**

**58%

Television ****24%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

None of these assets ****18%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kalau?

■ Kalau · ■ Shergarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****748**

**903

Working population ****26.9%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 49.8% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 124 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (13%) · **■** Household industry 59 (25%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 7 (3%)

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 Shergarh

- Lawaran876 people
- Panditon Ka Bas872 people
- Lunaopura865 people
- Kishanpura864 people
- Badarsar861 people
- Chutarpura858 people
- Asarlai854 people
- Lalsar848 people

[All 507 villages in Shergarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/jodhpur/shergarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalau?342025
- How far is Kalau from Jodhpur?137 km by road
- What is the population of Kalau?862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalau in?Jodhpur district (Shergarh sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Kalau?65.5% (Census 2011)