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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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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BASANTI RANA
Contact: 62****4554
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- LGD code
- 449159
- Pincode
- 494441
- Post office
- Geedam
- Population
- 265
- Households
- 66
- Literacy rate
- 12.5%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 203
- Distance to district centre
- 31 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 234 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 366 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gidam · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dantewada · 29 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Hitameta compares
By population, Hitameta ranks #64 of 87 villages in Lohandiguda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
12.5%
−20.0% vs mandal average
- Hitameta
- 12.5%
- Lohandiguda mandal
- 32.5%
- Bastar district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
−75 vs mandal average
- Hitameta
- 963
- Lohandiguda mandal
- 1,038
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Hitameta
- 4.0
- Lohandiguda mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hitameta at a glance
Hitameta is a village of 265 people in 66 households (Census 2011) in Lohandiguda tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 64th-largest of 87 villages in Lohandiguda tehsil. Literacy is 13%, 20 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Bastar district centre, 24 km from Gidam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494441, served by Geedam post office; the LGD village code is 449159. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dantewada, 29 km away. The sarpanch is BASANTI RANA. The population is estimated at 312 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hitameta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 117
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 117
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 67
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ARPUND
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hitameta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hitameta
- LGD code
- 449159
- Pincode
- 494441
- Post office
- Geedam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 265
- Population (projected 2026)
- 312
- Households
- 66
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 12.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.15332°N, 81.40698°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BASANTI RANA
- Block / Mandal
- Lohandiguda
Getting there
How to reach Hitameta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur234 kmcapital
- Hyderabad366 km
- Chennai686 km
- Bengaluru799 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGidam24 km
- Hospital / PHCDantewada29 km
- ATM / bankICICI Bank30 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Hitameta
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Chandraditya temple, BarsurTemple3.1 km ↗
- 🛕Chandraditya TempleTemple3.1 km ↗
- 🛕Battisa Temple, BarsurTemple3.3 km ↗
- 🛕Danteshwari TempleTemple3.6 km ↗
- 🛕Ancient sculpture in Danteswari TempleTemple3.6 km ↗
- 🛕Mamabhanjaka TempleTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕Mama Bhanja Temple, BarsoorTemple3.9 km ↗
- 🛕Ganesh Mandir, BarsurTemple4.1 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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