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September 2026
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Chhattisgarh: Six cattle die at temporary shelter in Bilaspur after heavy rains; villagers claim toll 30
Reported by Deccan Herald.
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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAVITA SAHU
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- LGD code
- 438634
- Pincode
- 495222
- Post office
- Hirri Mines
- Population
- 3,702
- Households
- 712
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,886
Census 2011 · in context
How Kharkena compares
By population, Kharkena ranks #10 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.6%
+3.5% vs mandal average
Kharkena62.6%
Sankari mandal59.1%
Bilaspur district59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
+11 vs mandal average
Kharkena968
Sankari mandal957
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.4 vs mandal average
Kharkena5.2
Sankari mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharkena at a glance
Kharkena is a village of 3,702 people in 712 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 10th-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495222, served by Hirri Mines post office; the LGD village code is 438634. The sarpanch is SAVITA SAHU, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 4,365 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kharkena
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BILHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHARKENA
- Total area (ha)
- 783.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 87.41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kharkena
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kharkena
- LGD code
- 438634
- Pincode
- 495222
- Post office
- Hirri Mines
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,702
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,365
- Households
- 712
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 62.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAVITA SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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