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September 2026
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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
Pedawada is a village in Darbha mandal, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 309 across 51 households. It has a literacy rate of 39.8% and is located at 18.394°N, 82.093°E under PIN code 494115.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GENBATI BAGHEL
Contact: 81****4707
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- LGD code
- 449615
- Pincode
- 494115
- Post office
- Tongpal
- Population
- 309
- Households
- 51
- Literacy rate
- 39.8%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 133
- Distance to district centre
- 109 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 72 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 321 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 398 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padua · 63 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Korukonda · 17 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pedawada compares
By population, Pedawada ranks #51 of 55 villages in Darbha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
39.8%
+8.4% vs mandal average
- Pedawada
- 39.8%
- Darbha mandal
- 31.4%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−114 vs mandal average
- Pedawada
- 919
- Darbha mandal
- 1,033
Household size
people per home
6.1
+1.6 vs mandal average
- Pedawada
- 6.1
- Darbha mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pedawada at a glance
Pedawada is a village of 309 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Darbha tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 51st-largest of 55 villages in Darbha tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 31% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. It lies 109 km from the Bastar district centre, 63 km from Padua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494115, served by Tongpal post office; the LGD village code is 449615. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Korukonda, 17 km away. The sarpanch is GENBATI BAGHEL, and the village votes in Chitrakot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vinayak Goyal. The population is estimated at 364 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedawada · this village | 309 | 40% | — |
| Pedawada · Malkangiri | 1,410 | 35% | 0 km N |
| Baraja · Malkangiri | 1,052 | 30% | 2.1 km N |
| Dangarguda · Malkangiri | 197 | 3% | 2.4 km E |
| Machiamba · Orkel | 0 | — | 4.3 km S |
| Gangala · Malkangiri | 1,558 | 43% | 4.3 km NW |
| Basudebapur · Mudulipada | 0 | — | 4.4 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pedawada
- 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 (winter)
- 8
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAMANAR
- Total area (ha)
- 121.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 51.54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pedawada
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pedawada
- LGD code
- 449615
- Pincode
- 494115
- Post office
- Tongpal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 309
- Population (projected 2026)
- 364
- Households
- 51
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 39.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.39446°N, 82.09301°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakot
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vinayak Goyal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GENBATI BAGHEL
- Block / Mandal
- Darbha
Getting there
How to reach Pedawada
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur321 kmcapital
- Hyderabad398 km
- Chennai622 km
- Bengaluru772 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadua63 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Korukonda17 km
- ATM / bankSTATE BANK OF INDIA22 km
- Petrol pumpHP39 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma46 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Sileru38 km
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)