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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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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HEMLATA NAG
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- LGD code
- 449454
- Pincode
- 494223
- Post office
- Bastar
- Population
- 773
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 40.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1024 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 351
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhirlinga compares
By population, Bhirlinga ranks #48 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.2%
−4.5% vs mandal average
- Bhirlinga
- 40.2%
- Bakavand mandal
- 44.7%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,024
+14 vs mandal average
- Bhirlinga
- 1,024
- Bakavand mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bhirlinga
- 4.4
- Bakavand mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhirlinga at a glance
Bhirlinga is a village of 773 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 48th-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,024 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494223, served by Bastar post office; the LGD village code is 449454. The sarpanch is HEMLATA NAG . The population is estimated at 911 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhirlinga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KACHNAR
- Total area (ha)
- 294.44
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 110.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhirlinga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhirlinga
- LGD code
- 449454
- Pincode
- 494223
- Post office
- Bastar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 773
- Population (projected 2026)
- 911
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1024
- Literacy rate
- 40.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HEMLATA NAG
- Block / Mandal
- Bakavand
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)