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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TEJRAM CHANDANMALAGAR
Contact: 91****3253
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- LGD code
- 443435
- Pincode
- 491227
- Post office
- Gurur
- Population
- 1,387
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1037 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 698
- Distance to district centre
- 49 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 49 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 109 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 445 km
- Nearest railway station
- Keoti · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mother Mary Hospital, Kanker · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanharpuri compares
By population, Kanharpuri ranks #43 of 121 villages in Gurur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Kanharpuri
- 73.8%
- Gurur mandal
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,037
+25 vs mandal average
- Kanharpuri
- 1,037
- Gurur mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Kanharpuri
- 5.1
- Gurur mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanharpuri at a glance
Kanharpuri is a village of 1,387 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Gurur tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 43rd-largest of 121 villages in Gurur tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,037 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Balod district centre, 33 km from Keoti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491227, served by Gurur post office; the LGD village code is 443435. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mother Mary Hospital, Kanker, 11 km away. The sarpanch is TEJRAM CHANDANMALAGAR, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kanharpuri →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanharpuri · this village | 1,387 | 74% | — |
| Kanharpuri · Kumarda | 650 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Kanharpuri · Rajnandgaon | — | — | 0 km N |
| Kanharpuri · Bagbahra | 771 | 59% | 0 km N |
| Kanharpuri · Kanker | 1,790 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Kanharpuri · Kurud | 1,318 | 70% | 0 km N |
| Dhanelikanhar · Kanker | 1,563 | 68% | 4.1 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanharpuri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- GURUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 1
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 91
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KANHARPURI
- Total area (ha)
- 270.59
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.62
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanharpuri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanharpuri
- LGD code
- 443435
- Pincode
- 491227
- Post office
- Gurur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,387
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,635
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1037
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.29550°N, 81.38465°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TEJRAM CHANDANMALAGAR
- Block / Mandal
- Gurur
Getting there
How to reach Kanharpuri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur109 kmcapital
- Hyderabad445 km
- Kolkata765 km
- Chennai811 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKeoti33 km
- Hospital / PHCMother Mary Hospital, Kanker11 km
- ATM / bankBank21 km
- Petrol pumpAgni Bricks12 km
- CollegeGovt. Gaind Singh20 km
- Police stationPolice Station22 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)