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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lokeshwar singh dhruw
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- LGD code
- 445542
- Pincode
- 493890
- Post office
- Deobhog
- Population
- 2,124
- Households
- 617
- Literacy rate
- 46%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,231
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 70 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 177 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 388 km
- Nearest railway station
- Antagarh · 44 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Assisi Shanti Bhavan · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Latapara compares
By population, Latapara ranks #5 of 94 villages in Devbhog mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.0%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Latapara
- 46.0%
- Devbhog mandal
- 47.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
−23 vs mandal average
- Latapara
- 1,002
- Devbhog mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Latapara
- 3.4
- Devbhog mandal
- 3.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Latapara at a glance
Latapara is a village of 2,124 people in 617 households (Census 2011) in Devbhog tehsil, Gariyaband district, Chhattisgarh, the 5th-largest of 94 villages in Devbhog tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Gariyaband district centre, 44 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493890, served by Deobhog post office; the LGD village code is 445542. The nearest hospital or health centre is Assisi Shanti Bhavan, 1 km away. The sarpanch is Lokeshwar singh dhruw, and the village votes in Kondagaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lata Usendi. The population is estimated at 2,504 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Latapara
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GARIYABAND
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 132
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 222
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LATAPARA
- Total area (ha)
- 683.07
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 165.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 3.68
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Latapara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Latapara
- LGD code
- 445542
- Pincode
- 493890
- Post office
- Deobhog
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,124
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,504
- Households
- 617
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 46.0%
- Coordinates
- 19.70405°N, 81.23214°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kondagaon
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lata Usendi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lokeshwar singh dhruw
- Block / Mandal
- Devbhog
Getting there
How to reach Latapara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur177 kmcapital
- Hyderabad388 km
- Chennai743 km
- Kolkata805 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAntagarh44 km
- Hospital / PHCAssisi Shanti Bhavan1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Assisi Shanti Bhavan1.4 km
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- Dumar Bahal
- Sitlijor
- Dhaurakot
- Mungjhar
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- Mahulkot
- Badigaon
- Kumhdai Kalan
- Kaitpadar
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- Mokhaguda
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- Bhathra Bahli
- Dohel
- Gohrapadar
- Jhiripani
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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)