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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
Nemin Sinha
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- LGD code
- 446877
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population
- 934
- Households
- 214
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 942 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 503
Census 2011 · in context
How Mendaraka compares
By population, Mendaraka ranks #63 of 80 villages in Kurud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Mendaraka
- 64.0%
- Kurud mandal
- 67.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
942
−62 vs mandal average
- Mendaraka
- 942
- Kurud mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Mendaraka
- 4.4
- Kurud mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mendaraka at a glance
Mendaraka is a village of 934 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Kurud tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 63rd-largest of 80 villages in Kurud tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493663, served by Kurud post office; the LGD village code is 446877. The sarpanch is Nemin Sinha , and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,101 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mendaraka
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KURUD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PARASHVANI
- Total area (ha)
- 335.21
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 295.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mendaraka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mendaraka
- LGD code
- 446877
- Pincode
- 493663
- Post office
- Kurud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 934
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,101
- Households
- 214
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 942
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nemin Sinha
- Block / Mandal
- Kurud
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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)