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From Chandalpur To Chandanpur: Chhattisgarh Village Sheds 'Embarrassing' Name After Years Of Struggle
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sahadev singh armo
Contact: 73****3347
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- LGD code
- 435927
- Pincode
- 495445
- Post office
- Katghora
- Population
- 828
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1010 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 480
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 83 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 623 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nipania · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bitkuli · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baira compares
By population, Baira ranks #39 of 82 villages in Pasan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.2%
+2.6% vs mandal average
- Baira
- 47.2%
- Pasan mandal
- 44.6%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,010
+21 vs mandal average
- Baira
- 1,010
- Pasan mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Baira
- 3.7
- Pasan mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baira at a glance
Baira is a village of 828 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Pasan tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 39th-largest of 82 villages in Pasan tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Korba district centre, 25 km from Nipania railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495445, served by Katghora post office; the LGD village code is 435927. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bitkuli, 8 km away. The sarpanch is sahadev singh armo , and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 976 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baira
- 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)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- KATGHORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 95
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAIRA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,004.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 763.35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baira
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baira
- LGD code
- 435927
- Pincode
- 495445
- Post office
- Katghora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 828
- Population (projected 2026)
- 976
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1010
- Literacy rate
- 47.2%
- Coordinates
- 21.72424°N, 82.25618°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sahadev singh armo
- Block / Mandal
- Pasan
Getting there
How to reach Baira
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur83 kmcapital
- Hyderabad623 km
- Kolkata636 km
- Delhi919 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNipania25 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bitkuli8 km
- ATM / bankBank of India38 km
- Petrol pumptorwa petrol pump39 km
- Collegeकमलकांत शुक्ला इंस्टीट्यूट, भाटापारा33 km
- Police stationPolice Station Masturi30 km
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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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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