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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
saroj Bai
Contact: 92****1597
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- LGD code
- 432924
- Pincode
- 497333
- Post office
- Ramanujnagar
- Population
- 617
- Households
- 146
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1092 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 354
Census 2011 · in context
How Mendra compares
By population, Mendra ranks #39 of 46 villages in Premnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.8%
−3.6% vs mandal average
Mendra42.8%
Premnagar mandal46.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,092
+101 vs mandal average
Mendra1,092
Premnagar mandal991
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
Mendra4.2
Premnagar mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mendra at a glance
Mendra is a village of 617 people in 146 households (Census 2011) in Premnagar tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 39th-largest of 46 villages in Premnagar tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,092 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497333, served by Ramanujnagar post office; the LGD village code is 432924. The sarpanch is saroj Bai , and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 727 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mendra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PREMNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANTAROLI
- Total area (ha)
- 314.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 5.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 134.41
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mendra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mendra
- LGD code
- 432924
- Pincode
- 497333
- Post office
- Ramanujnagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 617
- Population (projected 2026)
- 727
- Households
- 146
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1092
- Literacy rate
- 42.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- saroj Bai
- Block / Mandal
- Premnagar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 497333
- Nawapara KalanPremnagar mandal4,700 pop
- MakrandipurRamanujnagar mandal4,060 pop
- Deonagar Alias DedriRamanujnagar mandal3,716 pop
- SurataRamanujnagar mandal3,704 pop
- Parshuram Alias PodiRamanujnagar mandal3,261 pop
- MadneshwarpurRamanujnagar mandal3,255 pop
- SalkaPremnagar mandal3,007 pop
- ChandannagarPremnagar mandal2,916 pop
- KotRamanujnagar mandal2,677 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Mendra
Looking for a different Mendra? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Mendra →
- MendraSankari · Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh2,046 pop
- MendraKhadganva · Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur(M C B), Chhattisgarh1,720 pop
- MendraDabugan · Nabarangpur, Odisha1,334 pop
- MendraDevgadbaria · Dahod, Gujarat1,223 pop
- MendraPakhanjur · Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh865 pop
- MendraManora · Washim, Maharashtra499 pop
- MendraSonhat · Korea, Chhattisgarh321 pop
Other villages in Premnagar mandal
View all 46+ →- Nawapara Kalan
- Salka
- Chandannagar
- Parwatipur
- Umeshwarpur
- Durgapur
- Kedarpur
- Bakirma
- Bakalo
- Maheshpur
- Raghunathpur
- Namna
- Bramhapur
- Mahgai
- Tarkeshwarpur
- Annapurna
- Tara
- Hariharpur
- Bhagwanpur
- Anantpur
- Kotal
- Shyampur
- Kalipur
- Kanchanpur
- Brandawan
- Mahora
- Gouripur
- Koteya
- Nawapara Khurd
- Phulkona
- Shivnagar
- Laxmipur
- Abhaypur
- Kanakpur
- Jaipur
- Khajuri
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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)