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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVKUMARI PATEL
Contact: 93****3077
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- LGD code
- 438681
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population
- 1,400
- Households
- 290
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 702
Census 2011 · in context
How Turkadih compares
By population, Turkadih ranks #41 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.5%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Turkadih
- 58.5%
- Sankari mandal
- 59.1%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−42 vs mandal average
- Turkadih
- 915
- Sankari mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Turkadih
- 4.8
- Sankari mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turkadih at a glance
Turkadih is a village of 1,400 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 41st-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495112, served by Ganiyari post office; the LGD village code is 438681. The sarpanch is DEVKUMARI PATEL, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,651 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Turkadih
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TURKADIH
- Total area (ha)
- 299.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75.13
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Turkadih
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Turkadih
- LGD code
- 438681
- Pincode
- 495112
- Post office
- Ganiyari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,400
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,651
- Households
- 290
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 58.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVKUMARI PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Sankari
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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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