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Chhattisgarh to launch ‘Viksit Gram Panchayat Yojana’ on October 2 to empower rural self-governance
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KHAGUPATI KASHYAP
Contact: 93****6895
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- LGD code
- 449476
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population
- 225
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 110
Census 2011 · in context
How Simoda compares
By population, Simoda ranks #61 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.2%
+17.5% vs mandal average
- Simoda
- 62.2%
- Bakavand mandal
- 44.7%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−53 vs mandal average
- Simoda
- 957
- Bakavand mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Simoda
- 4.2
- Bakavand mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Simoda at a glance
Simoda is a village of 225 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 61st-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 18 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449476. The sarpanch is KHAGUPATI KASHYAP. The population is estimated at 265 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Simoda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PHARASGAON
- Total area (ha)
- 105.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Simoda
- LGD code
- 449476
- Pincode
- 494222
- Post office
- Bakawand
- Population (Census 2011)
- 225
- Population (projected 2026)
- 265
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KHAGUPATI KASHYAP
- Block / Mandal
- Bakavand
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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