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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BABUSINGH KANWAR
Contact: 93****9173
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- LGD code
- 436371
- Pincode
- 495683
- Post office
- Rajgamar Colliery
- Population
- 376
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 38.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1089 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 212
Census 2011 · in context
How Matmar compares
By population, Matmar ranks #56 of 66 villages in Bhaisma mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.6%
−13.5% vs mandal average
- Matmar
- 38.6%
- Bhaisma mandal
- 52.1%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,089
+70 vs mandal average
- Matmar
- 1,089
- Bhaisma mandal
- 1,019
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Matmar
- 4.1
- Bhaisma mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matmar at a glance
Matmar is a village of 376 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Bhaisma tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 56th-largest of 66 villages in Bhaisma tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 14 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,089 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495683, served by Rajgamar Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 436371. The sarpanch is BABUSINGH KANWAR. The population is estimated at 443 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matmar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- 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
- KORBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MUDHUNARA
- Total area (ha)
- 137.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 35.4
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Matmar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Matmar
- LGD code
- 436371
- Pincode
- 495683
- Post office
- Rajgamar Colliery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 376
- Population (projected 2026)
- 443
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1089
- Literacy rate
- 38.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jaijaipur
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BABUSINGH KANWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Bhaisma
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)