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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAHESHWARI BAI TUMREKI
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- LGD code
- 443237
- Pincode
- 491228
- Post office
- Dallirajhara
- Population
- 805
- Households
- 164
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 451
- Distance to district centre
- 283 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 285 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 338 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 482 km
- Nearest railway station
- Araku · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nirmala Hospital · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pandel compares
By population, Pandel ranks #55 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.6%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Pandel
- 69.6%
- Daundi mandal
- 67.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
−68 vs mandal average
- Pandel
- 983
- Daundi mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Pandel
- 4.9
- Daundi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pandel at a glance
Pandel is a village of 805 people in 164 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 55th-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 283 km from the Balod district centre, 40 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 15 km from Araku railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491228, served by Dallirajhara post office; the LGD village code is 443237. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nirmala Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is MAHESHWARI BAI TUMREKI, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 949 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pandel
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALLI-RAJHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 92
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHOBNI-B
- Total area (ha)
- 82.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pandel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pandel
- LGD code
- 443237
- Pincode
- 491228
- Post office
- Dallirajhara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 805
- Population (projected 2026)
- 949
- Households
- 164
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Coordinates
- 18.46158°N, 82.90101°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanjari Balod
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangeeta Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAHESHWARI BAI TUMREKI
- Block / Mandal
- Daundi
Getting there
How to reach Pandel
Nearest town · 10,962 people
Ramabhadrapuram · ≈ 40 km
≈ 1 h 22 min by car · 1 h 38 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Raipur338 kmcapital
- Hyderabad482 km
- Chennai661 km
- Kolkata730 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAraku15 km
- Bus stopAPSRTC Bus Station , Araku16 km
- Hospital / PHCNirmala Hospital14 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India22 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil23 km
- CollegeRaja college ground49 km
- Police stationRamabhadrapuram Police station41 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)