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September 2026
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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANLAL SAHU
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- LGD code
- 438790
- Pincode
- 495555
- Post office
- Ujwal Nagar (Bilaspur)
- Population
- 1,835
- Households
- 396
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 771
Census 2011 · in context
How Jhalmala compares
By population, Jhalmala ranks #20 of 55 villages in Seepat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Jhalmala
- 65.6%
- Seepat mandal
- 61.7%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−16 vs mandal average
- Jhalmala
- 952
- Seepat mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Jhalmala
- 4.6
- Seepat mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jhalmala at a glance
Jhalmala is a village of 1,835 people in 396 households (Census 2011) in Seepat tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 20th-largest of 55 villages in Seepat tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495555, served by Ujwal Nagar (Bilaspur) post office; the LGD village code is 438790. The sarpanch is DHANLAL SAHU, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 2,163 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jhalmala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 32
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JHALMALA
- Total area (ha)
- 334.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 230.29
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jhalmala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jhalmala
- LGD code
- 438790
- Pincode
- 495555
- Post office
- Ujwal Nagar (Bilaspur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,835
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,163
- Households
- 396
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANLAL SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Seepat
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)