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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
jajen kumar mahanti
Contact: 62****6526
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- LGD code
- 445540
- Pincode
- 493890
- Post office
- Deobhog
- Population
- 675
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 392
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhupkot compares
By population, Dhupkot ranks #58 of 94 villages in Devbhog mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.2%
−5.4% vs mandal average
- Dhupkot
- 42.2%
- Devbhog mandal
- 47.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
−28 vs mandal average
- Dhupkot
- 997
- Devbhog mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
3.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhupkot
- 3.7
- Devbhog mandal
- 3.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhupkot at a glance
Dhupkot is a village of 675 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Devbhog tehsil, Gariyaband district, Chhattisgarh, the 58th-largest of 94 villages in Devbhog tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493890, served by Deobhog post office; the LGD village code is 445540. The sarpanch is jajen kumar mahanti, and the village votes in Kondagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lata Usendi. The population is estimated at 796 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhupkot
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GARIYABAND
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 139
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 229
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SUKLIBHATA
- Total area (ha)
- 278.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 38.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhupkot
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhupkot
- LGD code
- 445540
- Pincode
- 493890
- Post office
- Deobhog
- Population (Census 2011)
- 675
- Population (projected 2026)
- 796
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kondagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lata Usendi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- jajen kumar mahanti
- Block / Mandal
- Devbhog
Same pincode
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Other villages in Devbhog mandal
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- Latapara
- Jhakharpara
- Madagaon
- Chichiya
- Kadlimuda
- Diwanmuda
- Gadaghat
- Dumar Bahal
- Sitlijor
- Dhaurakot
- Mungjhar
- Khutgaon
- Mahulkot
- Badigaon
- Kumhdai Kalan
- Kaitpadar
- Karachia
- Mokhaguda
- Kumhdaikhurd
- Gangrajpur
- Bhathra Bahli
- Dohel
- Gohrapadar
- Jhiripani
- Ghogher
- Nishtiguda
- Supebeda
- Barbahli
- Karlaguda
- Barkani
- Gohekela
- Sendmuda
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)