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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANISH KAUSHIK
Contact: 87****4600
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- LGD code
- 438637
- Pincode
- 495220
- Post office
- Chakarbhata Camp
- Population
- 1,619
- Households
- 322
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 941 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 830
Census 2011 · in context
How Bodsara compares
By population, Bodsara ranks #36 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+6.5% vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 65.6%
- Sankari mandal
- 59.1%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
941
−16 vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 941
- Sankari mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 5.0
- Sankari mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bodsara at a glance
Bodsara is a village of 1,619 people in 322 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 36th-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 941 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495220, served by Chakarbhata Camp post office; the LGD village code is 438637. The sarpanch is MANISH KAUSHIK, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,909 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bodsara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- 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
- No
- 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
- SAKARI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BODSARA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,627.49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 67.98
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.64
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bodsara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bodsara
- LGD code
- 438637
- Pincode
- 495220
- Post office
- Chakarbhata Camp
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,619
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,909
- Households
- 322
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 941
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANISH KAUSHIK
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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