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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SIMA BAI KURRE
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- LGD code
- 438944
- Pincode
- 495668
- Post office
- Janjgir
- Population
- 503
- Households
- 108
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 144
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 117 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 133 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 588 km
- Nearest railway station
- Saragaon Deori · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital Dhurkot · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanai compares
By population, Kanai ranks #46 of 55 villages in Seepat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Kanai
- 64.4%
- Seepat mandal
- 61.7%
- Bilaspur district
- 59.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−26 vs mandal average
- Kanai
- 942
- Seepat mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kanai
- 4.7
- Seepat mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanai at a glance
Kanai is a village of 503 people in 108 households (Census 2011) in Seepat tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 46th-largest of 55 villages in Seepat tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Bilaspur district centre, 12 km from Saragaon Deori railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495668, served by Janjgir post office; the LGD village code is 438944. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital Dhurkot, 9 km away. The sarpanch is SIMA BAI KURRE, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 593 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 1
- 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
- BILASPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHONDARA
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kanai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kanai
- LGD code
- 438944
- Pincode
- 495668
- Post office
- Janjgir
- Population (Census 2011)
- 503
- Population (projected 2026)
- 593
- Households
- 108
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.92182°N, 82.69704°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SIMA BAI KURRE
- Block / Mandal
- Seepat
Getting there
How to reach Kanai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur133 kmcapital
- Kolkata588 km
- Hyderabad670 km
- Delhi926 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSaragaon Deori12 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital Dhurkot9 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda29 km
- Petrol pumpIBP Petrol Station15 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University29 km
- Police stationPolice Station15 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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