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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PREM BAI
Contact: 74****6090
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- LGD code
- 435915
- Pincode
- 495454
- Post office
- Kusmunda Colliery
- Population
- 1,141
- Households
- 327
- Literacy rate
- 62.8%
- Sex ratio
- 957 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 723
- Distance to district centre
- 276 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 251 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 272 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 306 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kamalur · 39 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- District Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Japeli compares
By population, Japeli ranks #10 of 48 villages in Dipka mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.8%
−1.8% vs mandal average
- Japeli
- 62.8%
- Dipka mandal
- 64.6%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−36 vs mandal average
- Japeli
- 957
- Dipka mandal
- 993
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Japeli
- 3.5
- Dipka mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Japeli at a glance
Japeli is a village of 1,141 people in 327 households (Census 2011) in Dipka tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 10th-largest of 48 villages in Dipka tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. It lies 276 km from the Korba district centre, 39 km from Kamalur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495454, served by Kusmunda Colliery post office; the LGD village code is 435915. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is PREM BAI , and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,345 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Japeli
- 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)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- KATGHORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 34
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JAPELI
- Total area (ha)
- 259.02
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Japeli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Japeli
- LGD code
- 435915
- Pincode
- 495454
- Post office
- Kusmunda Colliery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,141
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,345
- Households
- 327
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 957
- Literacy rate
- 62.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.89720°N, 80.90838°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PREM BAI
- Block / Mandal
- Dipka
Getting there
How to reach Japeli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur272 kmcapital
- Hyderabad306 km
- Chennai650 km
- Bengaluru748 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKamalur39 km
- Hospital / PHCDistrict Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM Bijapur15 km
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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
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