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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Yashwant Nishad
Contact: 97****3644
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- LGD code
- 444488
- Pincode
- 493441
- Post office
- Arang
- Population
- 1,207
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1015 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 645
Census 2011 · in context
How Benidih compares
By population, Benidih ranks #58 of 95 villages in Arang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.7%
+1.9% vs mandal average
Benidih63.7%
Arang mandal61.8%
Raipur district64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,015
+25 vs mandal average
Benidih1,015
Arang mandal990
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.6 vs mandal average
Benidih5.4
Arang mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benidih at a glance
Benidih is a village of 1,207 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Arang tehsil, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, the 58th-largest of 95 villages in Arang tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493441, served by Arang post office; the LGD village code is 444488. The sarpanch is Yashwant Nishad, and the village votes in Bindranawagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janak Ram Dhruw. The population is estimated at 1,423 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Benidih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Arang
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RATAKAT
- Total area (ha)
- 365.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Benidih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Benidih
- LGD code
- 444488
- Pincode
- 493441
- Post office
- Arang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,207
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,423
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1015
- Literacy rate
- 63.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bindranawagarh
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Janak Ram Dhruw
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Yashwant Nishad
- Block / Mandal
- Arang
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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)