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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
GB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
girja bai sahu
Contact: 91****4977
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- LGD code
- 439460
- Pincode
- 491995
- Post office
- Kawardha
- Population
- 602
- Households
- 138
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1127 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 339
Census 2011 · in context
How Bandha compares
By population, Bandha ranks #90 of 244 villages in Bodla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.2%
−4.4% vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 41.2%
- Bodla mandal
- 45.6%
- Kabeerdham district
- 50.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,127
+125 vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 1,127
- Bodla mandal
- 1,002
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bandha
- 4.4
- Bodla mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandha at a glance
Bandha is a village of 602 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Bodla tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 90th-largest of 244 villages in Bodla tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,127 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491995, served by Kawardha post office; the LGD village code is 439460. The sarpanch is girja bai sahu , and the village votes in Kurud assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Chandrakar. The population is estimated at 710 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bandha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandha · this village | 602 | 41% | — |
| Jhandi · Bodla | 380 | 43% | — |
| Kesda · Bodla | 197 | 36% | — |
| Mandlakonha · Bodla | 180 | 26% | — |
| Ghandabara · Bodla | 0 | — | — |
| Pratapgarh · Bodla | 0 | — | — |
| Chawki · Bodla | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bandha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KAWARDHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 38
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BANDHA
- Total area (ha)
- 356.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bandha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bandha
- LGD code
- 439460
- Pincode
- 491995
- Post office
- Kawardha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 602
- Population (projected 2026)
- 710
- Households
- 138
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1127
- Literacy rate
- 41.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kurud
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Chandrakar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- girja bai sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Bodla
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)