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Chhattisgarh to launch ‘Viksit Gram Panchayat Yojana’ on October 2 to empower rural self-governance
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAKUNTLA RATHIYA
Contact: 78****0342
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- LGD code
- 433575
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population
- 1,562
- Households
- 363
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 502
- Distance to district centre
- 133 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 160 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 416 km
- Nearest railway station
- Antagarh · 46 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hospital Pharasgaon · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pent compares
By population, Pent ranks #21 of 46 villages in Mainpat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
+15.0% vs mandal average
- Pent
- 53.7%
- Mainpat mandal
- 38.7%
- Surguja district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
−11 vs mandal average
- Pent
- 967
- Mainpat mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Pent
- 4.3
- Mainpat mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pent at a glance
Pent is a village of 1,562 people in 363 households (Census 2011) in Mainpat tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 21st-largest of 46 villages in Mainpat tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 39% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. It lies 133 km from the Surguja district centre, 46 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497001, served by Ambikapur Nyalaya post office; the LGD village code is 433575. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Pharasgaon, 17 km away. The sarpanch is SAKUNTLA RATHIYA, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 1,842 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pent
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- 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)
- 72
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 72
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 98
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PENT
- Total area (ha)
- 7,155.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,874.48
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pent
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pent
- LGD code
- 433575
- Pincode
- 497001
- Post office
- Ambikapur Nyalaya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,562
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,842
- Households
- 363
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Coordinates
- 19.82263°N, 81.47540°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshkal
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neelkanth Tekam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAKUNTLA RATHIYA
- Block / Mandal
- Mainpat
Getting there
How to reach Pent
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur160 kmcapital
- Hyderabad416 km
- Chennai760 km
- Kolkata777 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAntagarh46 km
- Hospital / PHCHospital Pharasgaon17 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India17 km
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- 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)