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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
tijan kawanl baiga
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- LGD code
- 439480
- Pincode
- 491995
- Post office
- Kawardha
- Population
- 764
- Households
- 185
- Literacy rate
- 47.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1043 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 244
Census 2011 · in context
How Sarekha compares
By population, Sarekha ranks #69 of 244 villages in Bodla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.4%
+1.8% vs mandal average
Sarekha47.4%
Bodla mandal45.6%
Kabeerdham district50.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,043
+41 vs mandal average
Sarekha1,043
Bodla mandal1,002
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
Sarekha4.1
Bodla mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarekha at a glance
Sarekha is a village of 764 people in 185 households (Census 2011) in Bodla tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 69th-largest of 244 villages in Bodla tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,043 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491995, served by Kawardha post office; the LGD village code is 439480. The sarpanch is tijan kawanl baiga, and the village votes in Kurud assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Chandrakar. The population is estimated at 901 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sarekha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarekha · this village | 764 | 47% | — |
| Barbhanwar · Bodla | 483 | 39% | — |
| Mannabedi · Bodla | 444 | 35% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sarekha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KAWARDHA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 6
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SAREKHA
- Total area (ha)
- 257.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80.41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sarekha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sarekha
- LGD code
- 439480
- Pincode
- 491995
- Post office
- Kawardha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 764
- Population (projected 2026)
- 901
- Households
- 185
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1043
- Literacy rate
- 47.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kurud
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Chandrakar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- tijan kawanl baiga
- 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)