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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
deepak kumar sahu
Contact: 79****3345
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- LGD code
- 446864
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population
- 1,485
- Households
- 275
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Sex ratio
- 999 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 848
Census 2011 · in context
How Bakli compares
By population, Bakli ranks #32 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.7%
+4.3% vs mandal average
Bakli71.7%
Kurud mandal67.4%
Dhamtari district68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
999
−5 vs mandal average
Bakli999
Kurud mandal1,004
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.4 vs mandal average
Bakli5.4
Kurud mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakli at a glance
Bakli is a village of 1,485 people in 275 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 32nd-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493663, served by Kurud post office; the LGD village code is 446864. The sarpanch is deepak kumar sahu, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,751 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bakli
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- 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
- KURUD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 44
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAKALI
- Total area (ha)
- 375.13
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 281.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bakli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bakli
- LGD code
- 446864
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,485
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,751
- Households
- 275
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 999
- Literacy rate
- 71.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- deepak kumar sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Kurud
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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)