From Chandalpur To Chandanpur: Chhattisgarh Village Sheds 'Embarrassing' Name After Years Of Struggle
Reported by ETV Bharat.
By population, Karichhapar ranks #42 of 55 villages in Seepat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karichhapar is a village of 705 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Seepat tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 55 villages in Seepat tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495559, served by Baloda post office; the LGD village code is 438797. The sarpanch is CHANDRESHWARI BAI, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 831 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Juhali →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Seepat mandal
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