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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kusum sahu
Contact: 79****2482
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- LGD code
- 442330
- Pincode
- 491332
- Post office
- Berla
- Population
- 2,619
- Households
- 488
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1037 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,448
Census 2011 · in context
How Pahanda compares
By population, Pahanda ranks #12 of 97 villages in Berla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.8%
+0.7% vs mandal average
Pahanda58.8%
Berla mandal58.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,037
+24 vs mandal average
Pahanda1,037
Berla mandal1,013
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
Pahanda5.4
Berla mandal5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pahanda at a glance
Pahanda is a village of 2,619 people in 488 households (Census 2011) in Berla tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 12th-largest of 97 villages in Berla tehsil. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491332, served by Berla post office; the LGD village code is 442330. The sarpanch is kusum sahu, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 3,088 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pahanda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BERLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PAHANDA
- Total area (ha)
- 706.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pahanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pahanda
- LGD code
- 442330
- Pincode
- 491332
- Post office
- Berla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,619
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,088
- Households
- 488
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1037
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kusum sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Berla
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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, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)