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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUMITRA KASHYAP
Contact: 94****9050
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- LGD code
- 449378
- Pincode
- 494224
- Post office
- Bhanpuri
- Population
- 955
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1058 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 456
Census 2011 · in context
How Phaphani compares
By population, Phaphani ranks #38 of 57 villages in Bhanpuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Phaphani
- 51.1%
- Bhanpuri mandal
- 42.8%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,058
+48 vs mandal average
- Phaphani
- 1,058
- Bhanpuri mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Phaphani
- 4.3
- Bhanpuri mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phaphani at a glance
Phaphani is a village of 955 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Bhanpuri tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 38th-largest of 57 villages in Bhanpuri tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494224, served by Bhanpuri post office; the LGD village code is 449378. The sarpanch is SUMITRA KASHYAP, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 1,126 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Phaphani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASTAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PHAPHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 427.72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 56.39
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Phaphani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Phaphani
- LGD code
- 449378
- Pincode
- 494224
- Post office
- Bhanpuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 955
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,126
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1058
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshkal
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neelkanth Tekam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUMITRA KASHYAP
- Block / Mandal
- Bhanpuri
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)