# Chankap Village, Salema, Dhalai (Tripura) – PIN Code

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Village · Salema, Dhalai 

# Chankap

Chankap is a village in Salema sub-district of Dhalai district, Tripura, PIN code **799286**. The 2011 Census counted **2,595 people in 586 households**, the 19th largest of 44 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 94.0%.

- 2,595people (2011)
- 586households
- 93.7%literacy
- 799286PIN code

## Chankap PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chankap is 799286.** Chankap falls in Salema sub-district, Dhalai district, Tripura.

- PIN code799286
- Community development blockSalema
- Census village code272446

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

## How far is Chankap from nearby towns?

- Salema (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Ambassa (district HQ)35 km by road
- Kamalpur (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 Chankap?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Chankap; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Kamalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambassa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- 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 Chankap known for?

The main crops are **paddy, vegetable and pineapple**. Products made here include wooden furniture, bamboo furniture, bricks, pottery, traditional dress and wooden utensils. About 42% of the 1,010 hectares of village land is sown, and 187 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 Chankap

Of every 100 households in Chankap in 2011, 76 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chankap · ■ Salema rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**66%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**11%

Tap water ****7%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**20%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**92%

Television ****33%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**31%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Chankap?

■ Chankap · ■ Salema rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.7%**

**94.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1042**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****825**

**963

Working population ****36.7%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 90.6% for women. 55% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 213 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (20%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 350 (37%) · **■** Marginal 193 (20%)

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 Salema

- Duraichhara3,212 people
- Marachhara2,961 people
- Baralutma2,887 people
- Kuchainala2,878 people
- Michhuria2,553 people
- Noagaon2,530 people
- Lambuchhara2,419 people
- Mendi2,387 people

[All 45 villages in Salema](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/dhalai/salema/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chankap?799286
- How far is Chankap from Ambassa?35 km by road
- What is the population of Chankap?2,595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chankap in?Dhalai district (Salema sub-district), Tripura
- What is the literacy rate of Chankap?93.7% (Census 2011)
