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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barda is a village in Lavan mandal, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 3,182 across 631 households with a literacy rate of 53.5%. The village is located at coordinates 21.686°N, 82.578°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
devkumari banjare
Contact: 99****0761
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- LGD code
- 443805
- Pincode
- 493526
- Post office
- Lawan
- Population
- 3,182
- Households
- 631
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1005 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,466
- Distance to district centre
- 64 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 109 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 604 km
- Nearest railway station
- demo railway · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Sarkhor · 23 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barda compares
By population, Barda ranks #8 of 74 villages in Lavan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
−2.9% vs mandal average
- Barda
- 53.5%
- Lavan mandal
- 56.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,005
−8 vs mandal average
- Barda
- 1,005
- Lavan mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Barda
- 5.0
- Lavan mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barda at a glance
Barda is a village of 3,182 people in 631 households (Census 2011) in Lavan tehsil, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, the 8th-largest of 74 villages in Lavan tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. It lies 64 km from the Balodabazar-Bhatapara district centre, 27 km from demo railway railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493526, served by Lawan post office; the LGD village code is 443805. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sarkhor, 23 km away. The sarpanch is devkumari banjare, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 3,752 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barda
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BALODA BAZAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARDA
- Total area (ha)
- 659.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 480.79
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barda
- LGD code
- 443805
- Pincode
- 493526
- Post office
- Lawan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,182
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,752
- Households
- 631
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1005
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Coordinates
- 21.68595°N, 82.57818°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- devkumari banjare
- Block / Mandal
- Lavan
Getting there
How to reach Barda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur109 kmcapital
- Kolkata604 km
- Hyderabad642 km
- Delhi941 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationdemo railway27 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Sarkhor23 km
- Petrol pumpIBP Petrol Station36 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University54 km
- Police stationPolice Station36 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barda
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Half ruined temple of Kesava NarayanTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕The Sheorinarayana Temple, together with ruined brick temples in the same compound and the inscription built into the wall of the Chandrachuda templeTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕Kesava Narayan templeTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕Sheorinarayana Temple and compoundTemple4.9 km ↗
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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)