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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramashila sidar
Contact: 95****6110
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- LGD code
- 446388
- Pincode
- 493555
- Post office
- Jagdishpur (Mahasamund)
- Population
- 1,606
- Households
- 326
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1144 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 811
Census 2011 · in context
How Bamhani compares
By population, Bamhani ranks #19 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.7%
+1.4% vs mandal average
Bamhani59.7%
Pithora mandal58.3%
Mahasamund district61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,144
+110 vs mandal average
Bamhani1,144
Pithora mandal1,034
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.7 vs mandal average
Bamhani4.9
Pithora mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bamhani at a glance
Bamhani is a village of 1,606 people in 326 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 19th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,144 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493555, served by Jagdishpur (Mahasamund) post office; the LGD village code is 446388. The sarpanch is ramashila sidar, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,893 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bamhani
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BAGBAHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 116
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAMHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 687.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 5.89
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bamhani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bamhani
- LGD code
- 446388
- Pincode
- 493555
- Post office
- Jagdishpur (Mahasamund)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,606
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,893
- Households
- 326
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1144
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramashila sidar
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)