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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kushmani Lata
Contact: 98****6320
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- LGD code
- 438715
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population
- 1,971
- Households
- 408
- Literacy rate
- 66%
- Sex ratio
- 1007 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,036
2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு · ஒப்பீட்டில்
Bhandi ஒப்பீடு
By population, Bhandi ranks #19 of 42 villages in Beltara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.0%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Bhandi
- 66.0%
- Beltara mandal
- 61.2%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,007
+41 vs mandal average
- Bhandi
- 1,007
- Beltara mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bhandi
- 4.8
- Beltara mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhandi ஒரு பார்வையில்
Bhandi சத்தீசுகர், பிலாஸ்பூர் மாவட்டம், Beltara தாசில்ல் 1,971 பேர் 408 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Beltara தாசில்ன் 42 கிராமங்களில் 19வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 66%, தாசில் சராசரி 61% விட 5 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 1,007 பெண்கள். அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 495442, Ratanpur (Bilaspur) அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 438715. ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் Kushmani Lata; கிராமம் Kasdol சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Sandeep Sahu. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 2,324 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhandi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 2
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- RATANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHANDI
- Total area (ha)
- 418.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhandi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
முக்கிய தகவல்கள் — Bhandi
- LGD code
- 438715
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,971
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,324
- Households
- 408
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1007
- Literacy rate
- 66.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kushmani Lata
- Block / Mandal
- Beltara
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View all 41+ →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)