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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANI BAI TANDAN
Contact: 99****4901
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- LGD code
- 442271
- Pincode
- 491331
- Post office
- Dhamdha
- Population
- 972
- Households
- 236
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 902 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 488
Census 2011 · in context
How Chongikhapri compares
By population, Chongikhapri ranks #56 of 97 villages in Berla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
−5.0% vs mandal average
- Chongikhapri
- 53.1%
- Berla mandal
- 58.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
902
−111 vs mandal average
- Chongikhapri
- 902
- Berla mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
4.1
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Chongikhapri
- 4.1
- Berla mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chongikhapri at a glance
Chongikhapri is a village of 972 people in 236 households (Census 2011) in Berla tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 56th-largest of 97 villages in Berla tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491331, served by Dhamdha post office; the LGD village code is 442271. The sarpanch is RANI BAI TANDAN , and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 1,146 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chongikhapri
- 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
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEVKAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 53
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHONGIKGAPRI
- Total area (ha)
- 361.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 146.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chongikhapri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chongikhapri
- LGD code
- 442271
- Pincode
- 491331
- Post office
- Dhamdha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 972
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,146
- Households
- 236
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 902
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANI BAI TANDAN
- Block / Mandal
- Berla
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)