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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ashavni thakur
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- LGD code
- 446341
- Pincode
- 493449
- Post office
- Bagbahra
- Population
- 1,122
- Households
- 280
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 534
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 56 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 100 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 572 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khariar Road · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- C.F. Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kolda compares
By population, Kolda ranks #52 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.3%
+1.0% vs mandal average
Kolda59.3%
Pithora mandal58.3%
Mahasamund district61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
−20 vs mandal average
Kolda1,014
Pithora mandal1,034
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.2 vs mandal average
Kolda4.0
Pithora mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kolda at a glance
Kolda is a village of 1,122 people in 280 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 52nd-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Mahasamund district centre, 5 km from Khariar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493449, served by Bagbahra post office; the LGD village code is 446341. The nearest hospital or health centre is C.F. Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Ashavni thakur, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,323 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kolda
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- 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)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 87
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOLDA
- Total area (ha)
- 401.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 38.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kolda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kolda
- LGD code
- 446341
- Pincode
- 493449
- Post office
- Bagbahra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,122
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,323
- Households
- 280
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 59.3%
- Coordinates
- 20.86205°N, 82.49367°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ashavni thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Getting there
How to reach Kolda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur100 kmcapital
- Hyderabad572 km
- Kolkata635 km
- Chennai897 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhariar Road5 km
- Hospital / PHCC.F. Hospital3 km
- ATM / banksbi bank30 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum4 km
- Collegeबीरेन्द्र दीपक कालेज ऑफ नसिंग, जामगांव48 km
- Police stationchuura police thana30 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kolda
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mousi Maa MandirTemple3.9 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kolda
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Delhi Public SchoolSchool2.9 km ↗
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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)