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Telga

तेलगा
Berla mandal
Pincode 491332
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Telga observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Temple in Berla mandal

The principal temple recorded for Berla mandal is Nawagaon Brick temple, Chhattisgarh. No temple of this dedication is on record within Telga itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

Quick panchayat-at-a-glance

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJESH NAYAK
Contact: 70****9094
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LGD code
442340
Pincode
491332
Post office
Berla
Population
1,691
Households
305
Literacy rate
57.4%
Sex ratio
1095 ♀/1000♂
Workers
1,167
Census 2011 · in context

How Telga compares

By population, Telga ranks #23 of 97 villages in Berla mandal.

Literacy rate
%
57.4%
−0.7% vs mandal average
Telga57.4%
Berla mandal58.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,095
+82 vs mandal average
Telga1,095
Berla mandal1,013
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
Telga5.5
Berla mandal5.2

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Telga at a glance

Telga is a village of 1,691 people in 305 households (Census 2011) in Berla tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 23rd-largest of 97 villages in Berla tehsil. Literacy is 57%, about the same as the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,095 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491332, served by Berla post office; the LGD village code is 442340. The sarpanch is RAJESH NAYAK, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 1,994 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Telga

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
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
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)
TELGA
Total area (ha)
1,174.14
Irrigated area (ha)
407.64
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Telga

LGD code
442340
Pincode
491332
Post office
Berla
Population (Census 2011)
1,691
Population (projected 2026)
1,994
Households
305
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1095
Literacy rate
57.4%
Lok Sabha constituency
Raipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Arang
Member of Parliament
Brijmohan Agrawal
Member of Legislative Assembly
Guru Khushwant Saheb
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
RAJESH NAYAK
Block / Mandal
Berla
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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, 2026-05-14
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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