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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kushal Varma
Contact: 96****7115
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- LGD code
- 438696
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population
- 471
- Households
- 99
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 223
- Distance to district centre
- 71 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 41 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 96 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 609 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bagbahra · 32 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sewabhawan Hospital · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Gopalpur compares
By population, Gopalpur ranks #37 of 42 villages in Beltara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
−7.5% vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 53.7%
- Beltara mandal
- 61.2%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
+13 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 979
- Beltara mandal
- 966
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Gopalpur
- 4.8
- Beltara mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalpur at a glance
Gopalpur is a village of 471 people in 99 households (Census 2011) in Beltara tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 37th-largest of 42 villages in Beltara tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Bilaspur district centre, 32 km from Bagbahra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495442, served by Ratanpur (Bilaspur) post office; the LGD village code is 438696. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sewabhawan Hospital, 22 km away. The sarpanch is Kushal Varma, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 555 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopalpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHILMI
- Total area (ha)
- 170.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 54.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gopalpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gopalpur
- LGD code
- 438696
- Pincode
- 495442
- Post office
- Ratanpur (Bilaspur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 471
- Population (projected 2026)
- 555
- Households
- 99
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.28837°N, 82.55904°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kushal Varma
- Block / Mandal
- Beltara
Getting there
How to reach Gopalpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur96 kmcapital
- Hyderabad609 km
- Kolkata616 km
- Chennai944 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBagbahra32 km
- Hospital / PHCSewabhawan Hospital22 km
- Collegeshyam balaji college52 km
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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
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