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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
BUDHWAR SINGH KANWAR
Contact: 98****5874
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- LGD code
- 435831
- Pincode
- 495454
- Post office
- Kusmunda Colliery
- Population
- 216
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 93
Census 2011 · in context
How Barbhatta compares
By population, Barbhatta ranks #44 of 48 villages in Dipka mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.2%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Barbhatta
- 66.2%
- Dipka mandal
- 64.6%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+26 vs mandal average
- Barbhatta
- 1,019
- Dipka mandal
- 993
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Barbhatta
- 4.0
- Dipka mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barbhatta at a glance
Barbhatta is a village of 216 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Dipka tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 44th-largest of 48 villages in Dipka tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495454, served by Kusmunda Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 435831. The sarpanch is BUDHWAR SINGH KANWAR , and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 255 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barbhatta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- KORBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KESHLA
- Total area (ha)
- 102.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barbhatta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barbhatta
- LGD code
- 435831
- Pincode
- 495454
- Post office
- Kusmunda Colliery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 216
- Population (projected 2026)
- 255
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 66.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BUDHWAR SINGH KANWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Dipka
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)