Lead story
19
September 2026
newsSTATE
Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
Reported by Public TV English.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMPRIT NETI
Contact: 70****3090
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Batai can update it.
- LGD code
- 432199
- Pincode
- 496223
- Post office
- Kansabel
- Population
- 557
- Households
- 133
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 309
Census 2011 · in context
How Batai compares
By population, Batai ranks #93 of 115 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.9%
+9.7% vs mandal average
- Batai
- 54.9%
- Pratappur mandal
- 45.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
−67 vs mandal average
- Batai
- 921
- Pratappur mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Batai
- 4.2
- Pratappur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Batai at a glance
Batai is a village of 557 people in 133 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 93rd-largest of 115 villages in Pratappur tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496223, served by Kansabel post office; the LGD village code is 432199. The sarpanch is RAMPRIT NETI, and the village votes in Bhanupratappur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Savitri Manoj Mandavi. The population is estimated at 657 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Batai →
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Batai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PRATAPPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 85
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHODHA
- Total area (ha)
- 366.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.57
- Forest area (ha)
- 75.84
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Batai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Batai
- LGD code
- 432199
- Pincode
- 496223
- Post office
- Kansabel
- Population (Census 2011)
- 557
- Population (projected 2026)
- 657
- Households
- 133
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 54.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanupratappur
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Savitri Manoj Mandavi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMPRIT NETI
- Block / Mandal
- Pratappur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 496223
Same name, different place
Other villages named Batai
Looking for a different Batai? 1 other village shares this name across India. All villages named Batai →
Other villages in Pratappur mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)