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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Punem Nagesh
Contact: 92****8310
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- LGD code
- 450922
- Pincode
- 494447
- Post office
- Awapalli
- Population
- 271
- Households
- 70
- Literacy rate
- 25.5%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
Census 2011 · in context
How Nela Kanker compares
By population, Nela Kanker ranks #75 of 132 villages in Usur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
25.5%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Nela Kanker
- 25.5%
- Usur mandal
- 25.9%
- Bijapur district
- 34.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−27 vs mandal average
- Nela Kanker
- 950
- Usur mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Nela Kanker
- 3.9
- Usur mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nela Kanker at a glance
Nela Kanker is a village of 271 people in 70 households (Census 2011) in Usur tehsil, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, the 75th-largest of 132 villages in Usur tehsil. Literacy is 26%, about the same as the tehsil average of 26% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494447, served by Awapalli post office; the LGD village code is 450922. The sarpanch is Punem Nagesh . The population is estimated at 320 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nelakanker →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nela Kanker · this village | 271 | 26% | — |
| Rekhapalli · Usur | 502 | 23% | — |
| Kamlapur · Usur | 488 | 1% | — |
| Chinganpalli · Usur | 226 | 5% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Nela Kanker
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- 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
- AAWAPALLI (A.P.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 66
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NELA KANKER
- Total area (ha)
- 860.84
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 767.43
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Nela Kanker
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Nela Kanker
- LGD code
- 450922
- Pincode
- 494447
- Post office
- Awapalli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 271
- Population (projected 2026)
- 320
- Households
- 70
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 25.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bijapur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Punem Nagesh
- Block / Mandal
- Usur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 494447
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Nela Kanker
Other villages in Usur mandal
View all 60+ →- Aawapalli
- Murdanda
- Usur
- Ilmidi
- Pusbaka
- Timmapur
- Sankanpalli
- Tarrem
- Hirapur
- Semaldodi
- Bhattiguda
- Dharmaram
- Marudbaka
- Dugaiguda
- Pusgudi
- Pedyageloor
- Chatlapalli
- Futkel
- Pamed
- Dareli
- Murkinar
- Jidpalli
- Chintakonta
- Cheramangi
- Tekmetla
- Palaguda
- Polempalli
- Pegdapalli
- Cherakdodi
- Lankapalli
- Dalla
- Rekhapalli
- Mallepalli
- Chilkapalli
- Bomed
- Kamlapur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)