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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
laxmi kawasi
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- LGD code
- 450514
- Pincode
- 494114
- Post office
- Konta
- Population
- 514
- Households
- 100
- Literacy rate
- 16.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1133 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 295
Census 2011 · in context
How Pidmel compares
By population, Pidmel ranks #21 of 55 villages in Dornapal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
16.7%
+0.3% vs mandal average
Pidmel16.7%
Dornapal mandal16.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,133
+78 vs mandal average
Pidmel1,133
Dornapal mandal1,055
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.8 vs mandal average
Pidmel5.1
Dornapal mandal4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pidmel at a glance
Pidmel is a village of 514 people in 100 households (Census 2011) in Dornapal tehsil, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, the 21st-largest of 55 villages in Dornapal tehsil. Literacy is 17%, about the same as the tehsil average of 16% and the sex ratio is 1,133 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494114, served by Konta post office; the LGD village code is 450514. The sarpanch is laxmi kawasi , and the village votes in Konta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kawasi Lakhma. The population is estimated at 606 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pidmel
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KONTA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 180
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DABBAKONTA
- Total area (ha)
- 9,458.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 8,224.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pidmel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pidmel
- LGD code
- 450514
- Pincode
- 494114
- Post office
- Konta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 514
- Population (projected 2026)
- 606
- Households
- 100
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1133
- Literacy rate
- 16.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Konta
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kawasi Lakhma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- laxmi kawasi
- Block / Mandal
- Dornapal
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 494114
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Pidmel
Other villages in Dornapal mandal
View all 55+ →- Polampalli
- Dubbatota
- Aargatta (Bodiguda)
- Samsatti
- Gogunda
- Medwahi (Tongguda)
- Gaganpalli
- Maraiguda
- Kankerlanka
- Gorgunda
- Nagalgunda
- Arlampalli
- Korrapad
- Punpalli
- Palamadgu
- Bagdeguda
- Penta
- Pedakurti
- Ramaram
- Bardelpad (Tongguda)
- Dewarpalli
- Manikonta
- Upampalli
- Tetrai
- Pinabheji
- Mundpalli
- Misma
- Puswada
- Godelguda
- Pamlur
- Kolaiguda
- Jagawaram
- Birla
- Gondpalli
- Entapad
- Michiguda
Sources & freshness
- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)