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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NIRMALA BAI JAGAT
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- LGD code
- 436185
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population
- 2,874
- Households
- 747
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,592
- Distance to district centre
- 147 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 130 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 150 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 625 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belgahna · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt hospital TUMAN · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lafa compares
By population, Lafa ranks #5 of 93 villages in Pali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.1%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Lafa
- 58.1%
- Pali mandal
- 56.1%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+57 vs mandal average
- Lafa
- 1,048
- Pali mandal
- 991
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Lafa
- 3.8
- Pali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lafa at a glance
Lafa is a village of 2,874 people in 747 households (Census 2011) in Pali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 5th-largest of 93 villages in Pali tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 147 km from the Korba district centre, 26 km from Belgahna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495449, served by Pali (Korba) post office; the LGD village code is 436185. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt hospital TUMAN, 20 km away. The sarpanch is NIRMALA BAI JAGAT, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 3,388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lafa
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PALI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LAFA
- Total area (ha)
- 3,439
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 19
- Forest area (ha)
- 557
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lafa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lafa
- LGD code
- 436185
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,874
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,388
- Households
- 747
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 58.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.45242°N, 82.28409°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NIRMALA BAI JAGAT
- Block / Mandal
- Pali
Getting there
How to reach Lafa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur150 kmcapital
- Kolkata625 km
- Hyderabad689 km
- Delhi853 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelgahna26 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt hospital TUMAN20 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India29 km
- CollegeChemistry Lab GEC38 km
- Police stationMAHILA THANA43 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)