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From Chandalpur To Chandanpur: Chhattisgarh Village Sheds 'Embarrassing' Name After Years Of Struggle
Reported by ETV Bharat.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BISHAM SAHU
Contact: 70****9202
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- LGD code
- 442136
- Pincode
- 491331
- Post office
- Dhamdha
- Population
- 1,719
- Households
- 409
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 865
2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு · ஒப்பீட்டில்
Rakhi ஒப்பீடு
By population, Rakhi ranks #3 of 43 villages in Devkar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Rakhi
- 60.8%
- Devkar mandal
- 59.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
−27 vs mandal average
- Rakhi
- 974
- Devkar mandal
- 1,001
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Rakhi
- 4.2
- Devkar mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rakhi ஒரு பார்வையில்
Rakhi சத்தீசுகர், பெமேதரா மாவட்டம், Devkar தாசில்ல் 1,719 பேர் 409 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Devkar தாசில்ன் 43 கிராமங்களில் 3வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 61%, தாசில் சராசரி 60% விட 1 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 974 பெண்கள். அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 491331, Dhamdha அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 442136. ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் BISHAM SAHU; கிராமம் Rajim சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Rohit Sahu. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 2,027 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
கிராம பஞ்சாயத்து: Rakhi →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rakhi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAJA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAKHI
- Total area (ha)
- 982
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rakhi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
முக்கிய தகவல்கள் — Rakhi
- LGD code
- 442136
- Pincode
- 491331
- Post office
- Dhamdha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,719
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,027
- Households
- 409
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BISHAM SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Devkar
அதே அஞ்சல் குறியீடு
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View all 45+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)