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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
chandramani sahu
Contact: 91****5839
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- LGD code
- 437687
- Pincode
- 495115
- Post office
- Lormi
- Population
- 881
- Households
- 169
- Literacy rate
- 42.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 451
Census 2011 · in context
How Baghani Bhanwar compares
By population, Baghani Bhanwar ranks #87 of 170 villages in Lormi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.1%
−8.2% vs mandal average
- Baghani Bhanwar
- 42.1%
- Lormi mandal
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
+68 vs mandal average
- Baghani Bhanwar
- 1,044
- Lormi mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Baghani Bhanwar
- 5.2
- Lormi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghani Bhanwar at a glance
Baghani Bhanwar is a village of 881 people in 169 households (Census 2011) in Lormi tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 87th-largest of 170 villages in Lormi tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495115, served by Lormi post office; the LGD village code is 437687. The sarpanch is chandramani sahu, and the village votes in Baloda Bazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tank Ram Verma. The population is estimated at 1,039 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baghani Bhanwar
- 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)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- LORMI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 74
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAGHANI BHANWAR
- Total area (ha)
- 244.74
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 73.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 25.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baghani Bhanwar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baghani Bhanwar
- LGD code
- 437687
- Pincode
- 495115
- Post office
- Lormi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 881
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,039
- Households
- 169
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 42.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baloda Bazar
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tank Ram Verma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- chandramani sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Lormi
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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)