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Bear enters Chhattisgarh's Surguja village, mauls 3 basking in sun; woman critical
Reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sanjeeta singh
Contact: 74****6958
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- LGD code
- 433041
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population
- 2,415
- Households
- 537
- Literacy rate
- 49.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1013 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,345
Census 2011 · in context
How Bargawan compares
By population, Bargawan ranks #6 of 51 villages in Darima mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.1%
+1.6% vs mandal average
Bargawan49.1%
Darima mandal47.5%
Surguja district50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,013
+25 vs mandal average
Bargawan1,013
Darima mandal988
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
Bargawan4.5
Darima mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bargawan at a glance
Bargawan is a village of 2,415 people in 537 households (Census 2011) in Darima tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 6th-largest of 51 villages in Darima tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,013 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497001, served by Ambikapur Nyalaya post office; the LGD village code is 433041. The sarpanch is sanjeeta singh, and the village votes in Kanker assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asha Ram Netam. The population is estimated at 2,847 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bargawan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARGAWAN
- Total area (ha)
- 1,049.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 9.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 211.65
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bargawan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bargawan
- LGD code
- 433041
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,415
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,847
- Households
- 537
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1013
- Literacy rate
- 49.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asha Ram Netam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sanjeeta singh
- Block / Mandal
- Darima
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View all 50+ →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)