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From Chandalpur To Chandanpur: Chhattisgarh Village Sheds 'Embarrassing' Name After Years Of Struggle
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bagoud is a village in Kurud mandal, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, located at 20.867°N, 81.657°E. With a population of 2,983 across 625 households, it has a literacy rate of 65.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dashoda Sahu
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- LGD code
- 446837
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population
- 2,983
- Households
- 625
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1026 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,544
- Distance to district centre
- 29 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 43 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 511 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kurud · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Kurud · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bagoud compares
By population, Bagoud ranks #6 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.1%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Bagoud
- 65.1%
- Kurud mandal
- 67.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,026
+22 vs mandal average
- Bagoud
- 1,026
- Kurud mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Bagoud
- 4.8
- Kurud mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bagoud at a glance
Bagoud is a village of 2,983 people in 625 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 6th-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,026 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Dhamtari district centre, 5 km from Kurud railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493663, served by Kurud post office; the LGD village code is 446837. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Kurud, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Dashoda Sahu, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 3,517 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bagoud
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- RAIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAGAUD
- Total area (ha)
- 1,053.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 752.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bagoud
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bagoud
- LGD code
- 446837
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,983
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,517
- Households
- 625
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1026
- Literacy rate
- 65.1%
- Coordinates
- 20.86691°N, 81.65673°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dashoda Sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Kurud
Getting there
How to reach Bagoud
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur43 kmcapital
- Hyderabad511 km
- Kolkata718 km
- Chennai878 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKurud5 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Kurud7 km
- ATM / bankDhamtari21 km
- Petrol pumpJet Fuel Supplier Reliance Industries Limited36 km
- Collegeआदर्श नर्सिंग इंस्टीट्यूट, रायपुर & आदर्श महाविद्यालय, रायपुर32 km
- Police stationTikrapara Police station39 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)