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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KS
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KUNWAR SINGH KARPE
Contact: 62****1314
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- LGD code
- 438683
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population
- 1,170
- Households
- 261
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1049 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 581
- Distance to district centre
- 76 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 99 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 573 km
- Nearest railway station
- Khariar Road · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- C.F. Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Banka compares
By population, Banka ranks #28 of 42 villages in Beltara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
−6.7% vs mandal average
- Banka
- 54.5%
- Beltara mandal
- 61.2%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,049
+83 vs mandal average
- Banka
- 1,049
- Beltara mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Banka
- 4.5
- Beltara mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banka at a glance
Banka is a village of 1,170 people in 261 households (Census 2011) in Beltara tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 28th-largest of 42 villages in Beltara tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,049 women per 1,000 men. It lies 76 km from the Bilaspur district centre, 2 km from Khariar Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495449, served by Pali (Korba) post office; the LGD village code is 438683. The nearest hospital or health centre is C.F. Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is KUNWAR SINGH KARPE, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 812 in 2026, down 31% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RATANPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 43
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BANKA
- Total area (ha)
- 336.16
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 61.51
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banka
- LGD code
- 438683
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,170
- Population (projected 2026)
- 812
- Households
- 261
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1049
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.88150°N, 82.49987°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KUNWAR SINGH KARPE
- Block / Mandal
- Beltara
Getting there
How to reach Banka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur99 kmcapital
- Hyderabad573 km
- Kolkata634 km
- Chennai899 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKhariar Road2 km
- Hospital / PHCC.F. Hospital<1 km
- ATM / banksbi bank31 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum2 km
- Collegeबीरेन्द्र दीपक कालेज ऑफ नसिंग, जामगांव48 km
- Police stationchuura police thana32 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Banka
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mousi Maa MandirTemple1.7 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Banka
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Delhi Public SchoolSchool4.1 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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