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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LATA BAI YADAV
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- LGD code
- 438900
- Pincode
- 495551
- Post office
- Masturi
- Population
- 180
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 800 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 90
Census 2011 · in context
How Belpan compares
By population, Belpan ranks #65 of 68 villages in Pachpedi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+4.8% vs mandal average
- Belpan
- 56.7%
- Pachpedi mandal
- 51.9%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
800
−225 vs mandal average
- Belpan
- 800
- Pachpedi mandal
- 1,025
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Belpan
- 4.7
- Pachpedi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belpan at a glance
Belpan is a village of 180 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Pachpedi tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 65th-largest of 68 villages in Pachpedi tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495551, served by Masturi post office; the LGD village code is 438900. The sarpanch is LATA BAI YADAV, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 212 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kokadi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belpan · this village | 180 | 57% | — |
| Kokadi · Pachpedi | 1,270 | 40% | — |
| Khapri · Masturi | 705 | 71% | — |
| Salheghori · Pachpedi | 13 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Belpan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 65
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KOKADI
- Total area (ha)
- 314.97
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Belpan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Belpan
- LGD code
- 438900
- Pincode
- 495551
- Post office
- Masturi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 180
- Population (projected 2026)
- 212
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 800
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LATA BAI YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Pachpedi
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)