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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
neha sahu
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- LGD code
- 446791
- Pincode
- 493661
- Post office
- Abhanpur
- Population
- 1,387
- Households
- 277
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 990 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 701
Census 2011 · in context
How Birejhar compares
By population, Birejhar ranks #40 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
−1.6% vs mandal average
- Birejhar
- 65.8%
- Kurud mandal
- 67.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
990
−14 vs mandal average
- Birejhar
- 990
- Kurud mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Birejhar
- 5.0
- Kurud mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Birejhar at a glance
Birejhar is a village of 1,387 people in 277 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 40th-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493661, served by Abhanpur post office; the LGD village code is 446791. The sarpanch is neha sahu, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Birejhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- KURUD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BIREJHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 395.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 276
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Birejhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Birejhar
- LGD code
- 446791
- Pincode
- 493661
- Post office
- Abhanpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,387
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,635
- Households
- 277
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 990
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- neha 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)