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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bharti Verma
Contact: 84****3570
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- LGD code
- 443702
- Pincode
- 493331
- Post office
- Rawan
- Population
- 2,365
- Households
- 510
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1008 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,092
Census 2011 · in context
How Maldi compares
By population, Maldi ranks #11 of 109 villages in Bhatapara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.8%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Maldi
- 57.8%
- Bhatapara mandal
- 55.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,008
+4 vs mandal average
- Maldi
- 1,008
- Bhatapara mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Maldi
- 4.6
- Bhatapara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maldi at a glance
Maldi is a village of 2,365 people in 510 households (Census 2011) in Bhatapara tehsil, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, the 11th-largest of 109 villages in Bhatapara tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493331, served by Rawan post office; the LGD village code is 443702. The sarpanch is Bharti Verma, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 2,788 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Maldi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BHATAPARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MALDI
- Total area (ha)
- 689.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 570.16
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Maldi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Maldi
- LGD code
- 443702
- Pincode
- 493331
- Post office
- Rawan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,365
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,788
- Households
- 510
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1008
- Literacy rate
- 57.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bharti Verma
- Block / Mandal
- Bhatapara
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)