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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KMITHALA GAWDE
Contact: 82****4520
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- LGD code
- 443340
- Pincode
- 491230
- Population
- 557
- Households
- 132
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1176 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 294
Census 2011 · in context
How Kakarkasa compares
By population, Kakarkasa ranks #69 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.6%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Kakarkasa
- 68.6%
- Daundi mandal
- 67.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,176
+125 vs mandal average
- Kakarkasa
- 1,176
- Daundi mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Kakarkasa
- 4.2
- Daundi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kakarkasa at a glance
Kakarkasa is a village of 557 people in 132 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 69th-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,176 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491230; the LGD village code is 443340. The sarpanch is KMITHALA GAWDE, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 657 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kakarkasa
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALLI-RAJHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHIHRO
- Total area (ha)
- 500.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 100.35
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kakarkasa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kakarkasa
- LGD code
- 443340
- Pincode
- 491230
- Population (Census 2011)
- 557
- Population (projected 2026)
- 657
- Households
- 132
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1176
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanjari Balod
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangeeta Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KMITHALA GAWDE
- Block / Mandal
- Daundi
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)