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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
INDULATA
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- LGD code
- 446917
- Pincode
- 493662
- Post office
- Magarlod
- Population
- 503
- Households
- 98
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 965 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 268
Census 2011 · in context
How Baniyatora compares
By population, Baniyatora ranks #67 of 100 villages in Magarlod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Baniyatora
- 67.6%
- Magarlod mandal
- 65.4%
- Dhamtari district
- 68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
965
−39 vs mandal average
- Baniyatora
- 965
- Magarlod mandal
- 1,004
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Baniyatora
- 5.1
- Magarlod mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baniyatora at a glance
Baniyatora is a village of 503 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Magarlod tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 67th-largest of 100 villages in Magarlod tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 965 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493662, served by Magarlod post office; the LGD village code is 446917. The sarpanch is INDULATA , and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 593 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baniyatora
- 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
- 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)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SONEPAIRI
- Total area (ha)
- 390.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 163.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baniyatora
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baniyatora
- LGD code
- 446917
- Pincode
- 493662
- Post office
- Magarlod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 503
- Population (projected 2026)
- 593
- Households
- 98
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 965
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- INDULATA
- Block / Mandal
- Magarlod
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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
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