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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TIKESHWAR PATEL
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- LGD code
- 442078
- Pincode
- 491993
- Post office
- Saja
- Population
- 484
- Households
- 102
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1042 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 234
Census 2011 · in context
How Karhi compares
By population, Karhi ranks #55 of 66 villages in Saja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.8%
−9.9% vs mandal average
- Karhi
- 50.8%
- Saja mandal
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,042
+37 vs mandal average
- Karhi
- 1,042
- Saja mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Karhi
- 4.7
- Saja mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karhi at a glance
Karhi is a village of 484 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Saja tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 55th-largest of 66 villages in Saja tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,042 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491993, served by Saja post office; the LGD village code is 442078. The sarpanch is TIKESHWAR PATEL, and the village votes in Raipur Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Motilal Sahu. The population is estimated at 571 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karhi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAJA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BOD
- Total area (ha)
- 209.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karhi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karhi
- LGD code
- 442078
- Pincode
- 491993
- Post office
- Saja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 484
- Population (projected 2026)
- 571
- Households
- 102
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1042
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raipur Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Motilal Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TIKESHWAR PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Saja
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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
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