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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HILESHWAR PATEL
Contact: 84****3247
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- LGD code
- 442839
- Pincode
- 491222
- Post office
- Sikosa
- Population
- 801
- Households
- 144
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1054 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 443
Census 2011 · in context
How Sanaod compares
By population, Sanaod ranks #44 of 61 villages in Arjunda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.4%
−5.6% vs mandal average
- Sanaod
- 66.4%
- Arjunda mandal
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,054
+42 vs mandal average
- Sanaod
- 1,054
- Arjunda mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Sanaod
- 5.6
- Arjunda mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sanaod at a glance
Sanaod is a village of 801 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Arjunda tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 44th-largest of 61 villages in Arjunda tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491222, served by Sikosa post office; the LGD village code is 442839. The sarpanch is HILESHWAR PATEL, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 944 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sanaod
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 22
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- GUNDERDEHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SANAOD
- Total area (ha)
- 199.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 144.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sanaod
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sanaod
- LGD code
- 442839
- Pincode
- 491222
- Post office
- Sikosa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 801
- Population (projected 2026)
- 944
- Households
- 144
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1054
- Literacy rate
- 66.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HILESHWAR PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Arjunda
- Nearest railway station
- Abhanpur Junction (6.3 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 491222
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Sanaod
Other villages in Arjunda mandal
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- Chandan Birhi
- Chichalgondi
- Pirid
- Kamraud
- Chaurel
- Parastarai
- Bhilai (Chicha)
- Mahud
- Borgahan
- Dudia
- Kurdi
- Sibdi
- Kodewa
- Basin (Kutri)
- Mohdipat
- Matia (Arjunda)
- Chirchar
- Kotgaon
- Nawagaon (Dudera)
- Budena
- Rauna
- Khursul (Gabdi)
- Khuteri
- Chicha (Bhilai)
- Dundera
- Jewertala
- Dhangaon
- Bagheli
- Gudela
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)