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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAROJ DIWAN
Contact: 62****4733
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- LGD code
- 446900
- Pincode
- 493770
- Post office
- Bhakhara
- Population
- 1,124
- Households
- 235
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1018 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 635
Census 2011 · in context
How Joratarai compares
By population, Joratarai ranks #54 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.5%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Joratarai
- 66.5%
- Kurud mandal
- 67.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,018
+14 vs mandal average
- Joratarai
- 1,018
- Kurud mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Joratarai
- 4.8
- Kurud mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Joratarai at a glance
Joratarai is a village of 1,124 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 54th-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493770, served by Bhakhara post office; the LGD village code is 446900. The sarpanch is SAROJ DIWAN, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,325 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Joratarai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KURUD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- JORATARAI(N)
- Total area (ha)
- 456.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 371.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Joratarai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Joratarai
- LGD code
- 446900
- Pincode
- 493770
- Post office
- Bhakhara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,124
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,325
- Households
- 235
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1018
- Literacy rate
- 66.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAROJ DIWAN
- 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, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)