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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
LALITA SAHU
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- LGD code
- 446839
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population
- 1,341
- Households
- 261
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 744
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhusrenga compares
By population, Bhusrenga ranks #43 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.2%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Bhusrenga
- 65.2%
- Kurud mandal
- 67.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
+10 vs mandal average
- Bhusrenga
- 1,014
- Kurud mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Bhusrenga
- 5.1
- Kurud mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhusrenga at a glance
Bhusrenga is a village of 1,341 people in 261 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 43rd-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493663, served by Kurud post office; the LGD village code is 446839. The sarpanch is LALITA SAHU, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhusrenga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- 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
- RAIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHUSHRENGA
- Total area (ha)
- 491.63
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 411
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhusrenga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhusrenga
- LGD code
- 446839
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,341
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,581
- Households
- 261
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 65.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LALITA SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Kurud
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)