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Rajnagar is a village in Bakavand mandal, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 4,216 across 1,024 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.6% and is located at coordinates 23.192°N, 82.128°E with PIN code 494222.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANMATI BHARTI
Contact: 91****6342
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- LGD code
- 449473
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population
- 4,216
- Households
- 1,024
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,263
- Distance to district centre
- 437 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 414 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 222 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 642 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bijuri · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- MIRA DEVI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rajnagar compares
By population, Rajnagar ranks #1 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+8.9% vs mandal average
Rajnagar53.6%
Bakavand mandal44.7%
Bastar district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
−12 vs mandal average
Rajnagar998
Bakavand mandal1,010
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Rajnagar4.1
Bakavand mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajnagar at a glance
Rajnagar is a village of 4,216 people in 1,024 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 437 km from the Bastar district centre, 7 km from Bijuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449473. The nearest hospital or health centre is MIRA DEVI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 7 km away. The sarpanch is DHANMATI BHARTI. The population is estimated at 4,971 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rajnagar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 10
- Middle school
- 4
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- Jagdalpur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAJNAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 2,427.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9
- Forest area (ha)
- 51.52
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rajnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rajnagar
- LGD code
- 449473
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,971
- Households
- 1,024
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Coordinates
- 23.19191°N, 82.12802°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANMATI BHARTI
- Block / Mandal
- Bakavand
Getting there
How to reach Rajnagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur222 kmcapital
- Kolkata642 km
- Hyderabad749 km
- Delhi778 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBijuri7 km
- Hospital / PHCMIRA DEVI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL7 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petro Pump16 km
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- 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, 2026-09-19
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