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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
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GAUKARAN PRASAD DHRUV
Contact: 79****7091
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- LGD code
- 438677
- Pincode
- 495330
- Post office
- Takhatpur
- Population
- 1,604
- Households
- 336
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 740
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 134 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 104 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 601 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government HospitalRuse · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pondi compares
By population, Pondi ranks #37 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.6%
+7.5% vs mandal average
Pondi66.6%
Sankari mandal59.1%
Bilaspur district59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
+33 vs mandal average
Pondi990
Sankari mandal957
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
Pondi4.8
Sankari mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pondi at a glance
Pondi is a village of 1,604 people in 336 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 37th-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Bilaspur district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495330, served by Takhatpur post office; the LGD village code is 438677. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government HospitalRuse, 11 km away. The sarpanch is GAUKARAN PRASAD DHRUV, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,891 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pondi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PONDI
- Total area (ha)
- 265.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 110.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pondi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pondi
- LGD code
- 438677
- Pincode
- 495330
- Post office
- Takhatpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,604
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,891
- Households
- 336
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 66.6%
- Coordinates
- 22.11855°N, 81.26151°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GAUKARAN PRASAD DHRUV
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
Getting there
How to reach Pondi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur104 kmcapital
- Hyderabad601 km
- Kolkata732 km
- Delhi829 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Hospital / PHCGovernment HospitalRuse11 km
- Collegescince collage43 km
- Police stationPolice Station Garhi50 km
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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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