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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
GR
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GHANA RAM NISHAD
Contact: 79****1322
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- LGD code
- 442315
- Pincode
- 491335
- Post office
- Bemetara
- Population
- 2,795
- Households
- 487
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1084 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,331
- Distance to district centre
- 9 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 26 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 547 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakholi · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Uparwara · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ranka compares
By population, Ranka ranks #8 of 97 villages in Berla mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.9%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Ranka
- 63.9%
- Berla mandal
- 58.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,084
+71 vs mandal average
- Ranka
- 1,084
- Berla mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Ranka
- 5.7
- Berla mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ranka at a glance
Ranka is a village of 2,795 people in 487 households (Census 2011) in Berla tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 8th-largest of 97 villages in Berla tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,084 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Bemetara district centre, 7 km from Lakholi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491335, served by Bemetara post office; the LGD village code is 442315. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Uparwara, 9 km away. The sarpanch is GHANA RAM NISHAD, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 736 in 2026, down 74% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ranka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- SIMGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RANKA
- Total area (ha)
- 909.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 34.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ranka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ranka
- LGD code
- 442315
- Pincode
- 491335
- Post office
- Bemetara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,795
- Population (projected 2026)
- 736
- Households
- 487
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1084
- Literacy rate
- 63.9%
- Coordinates
- 21.14715°N, 81.84986°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GHANA RAM NISHAD
- Block / Mandal
- Berla
Getting there
How to reach Ranka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur26 kmcapital
- Hyderabad547 km
- Kolkata691 km
- Chennai912 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakholi7 km
- Bus stopbus stop24 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Uparwara9 km
- ATM / bankpnb12 km
- Petrol pumpJet Fuel Supplier Reliance Industries Limited12 km
- CollegeRaipur institute of technology10 km
- Police stationMowa Police Station23 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ranka
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕MandirTemple4.4 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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