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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
CS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
CHANDRIKA SORI
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- LGD code
- 443345
- Pincode
- 491226
- Post office
- Balod
- Population
- 174
- Households
- 41
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 105
Census 2011 · in context
How Parkalkasa compares
By population, Parkalkasa ranks #104 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−11.0% vs mandal average
- Parkalkasa
- 56.3%
- Daundi mandal
- 67.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−118 vs mandal average
- Parkalkasa
- 933
- Daundi mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Parkalkasa
- 4.2
- Daundi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Parkalkasa at a glance
Parkalkasa is a village of 174 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 104th-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491226, served by Balod post office; the LGD village code is 443345. The sarpanch is CHANDRIKA SORI, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 205 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkalkasa · this village | 174 | 56% | — |
| Mangal Tarai · Daundi | 887 | 72% | — |
| Khursitikur · Daundi | 388 | 71% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Parkalkasa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALLI-RAJHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MANGLTARAI
- Total area (ha)
- 709.5
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Parkalkasa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Parkalkasa
- LGD code
- 443345
- Pincode
- 491226
- Post office
- Balod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 174
- Population (projected 2026)
- 205
- Households
- 41
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanjari Balod
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangeeta Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHANDRIKA SORI
- Block / Mandal
- Daundi
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 491226
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Parkalkasa
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- Chikhali
- Awari
- Narratola
- Gudum
- Kuwagondi
- Baloda
- Kumudkatta
- Gujra
- Markatola Alias Surdongar
- Pateli
- Amadula
- Pacheda
- Chhindgaon
- Salhe
- Markatola
- Belargondi Alias Sattaitola
- Dhobedand
- Admudkasa
- Kamta
- Khairwahi
- Bharritola
- Limaudih
- Kande
- Adjal
- Pusawad
- Thema Buzurg
- Singhola
- Dhorritema
- Dhotim Tola
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)