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Chhattisgarh: 11-km trek takes health team to remote Dantewada village, four critical cases detected
Reported by The Times of India.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Murdanda is a village in Usur mandal, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 2,273 across 492 households. Located at 18.569°N, 80.809°E (PIN 494447), it has a literacy rate of 35.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
narayan kaka
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- LGD code
- 450879
- Pincode
- 494447
- Post office
- Awapalli
- Population
- 2,273
- Households
- 492
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1055 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,351
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 310 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 279 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bacheli · 48 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government SHC Hospital · 19 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Murdanda compares
By population, Murdanda ranks #2 of 132 villages in Usur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.5%
+9.6% vs mandal average
- Murdanda
- 35.5%
- Usur mandal
- 25.9%
- Bijapur district
- 34.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,055
+78 vs mandal average
- Murdanda
- 1,055
- Usur mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Murdanda
- 4.6
- Usur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Murdanda at a glance
Murdanda is a village of 2,273 people in 492 households (Census 2011) in Usur tehsil, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, the 2nd-largest of 132 villages in Usur tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 26% and the sex ratio is 1,055 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Bijapur district centre, 48 km from Bacheli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494447, served by Awapalli post office; the LGD village code is 450879. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government SHC Hospital, 19 km away. The sarpanch is narayan kaka. The population is estimated at 2,680 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdanda · this village | 2,273 | 36% | — |
| Puskonta · Usur | 128 | 6% | 4.1 km SE |
| Gupkonta · Usur | 0 | — | 4.1 km SE |
| Timmapur · Usur | 1,522 | 19% | 6.4 km E |
| Chintakonta · Konta | 90 | 16% | 6.6 km NW |
| Chintakonta · Usur | 623 | 56% | 6.6 km NW |
| Chatlapalli · Usur | 748 | 9% | 7.8 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Murdanda
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 204
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MURDANDA
- Total area (ha)
- 5,003.81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 151.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 3,873.86
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Murdanda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Murdanda
- LGD code
- 450879
- Pincode
- 494447
- Post office
- Awapalli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,273
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,680
- Households
- 492
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1055
- Literacy rate
- 35.5%
- Coordinates
- 18.56947°N, 80.80895°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijapur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- narayan kaka
- Block / Mandal
- Usur
Getting there
How to reach Murdanda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur310 kmcapital
- Hyderabad279 km
- Chennai613 km
- Bengaluru711 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBacheli48 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment SHC Hospital19 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM Bijapur25 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 494447
Villages near Murdanda
Other villages in Usur mandal
View all 60+ →- Aawapalli
- Usur
- Ilmidi
- Pusbaka
- Timmapur
- Sankanpalli
- Tarrem
- Hirapur
- Semaldodi
- Bhattiguda
- Dharmaram
- Marudbaka
- Dugaiguda
- Pusgudi
- Pedyageloor
- Chatlapalli
- Futkel
- Pamed
- Dareli
- Murkinar
- Jidpalli
- Chintakonta
- Cheramangi
- Tekmetla
- Palaguda
- Polempalli
- Pegdapalli
- Cherakdodi
- Lankapalli
- Dalla
- Rekhapalli
- Mallepalli
- Chilkapalli
- Bomed
- Kamlapur
- Chinnagelur
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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)