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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GAYATRI VERMA
Contact: 95****9695
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- LGD code
- 442132
- Pincode
- 491993
- Post office
- Saja
- Population
- 1,116
- Households
- 223
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 968 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 484
Census 2011 · in context
How Matra compares
By population, Matra ranks #20 of 66 villages in Saja mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Matra
- 60.4%
- Saja mandal
- 60.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
968
−37 vs mandal average
- Matra
- 968
- Saja mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Matra
- 5.0
- Saja mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matra at a glance
Matra is a village of 1,116 people in 223 households (Census 2011) in Saja tehsil, Bemetara district, Chhattisgarh, the 20th-largest of 66 villages in Saja tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491993, served by Saja post office; the LGD village code is 442132. The sarpanch is GAYATRI VERMA, and the village votes in Raipur Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Motilal Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,316 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAJA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MATRA
- Total area (ha)
- 311.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 186.64
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Matra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Matra
- LGD code
- 442132
- Pincode
- 491993
- Post office
- Saja
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,116
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,316
- Households
- 223
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 968
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Raipur Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Motilal Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GAYATRI VERMA
- Block / Mandal
- Saja
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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
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