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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ KUMAR PATEL
Contact: 91****5674
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- LGD code
- 442765
- Pincode
- 491223
- Post office
- Gunderdehi
- Population
- 938
- Households
- 184
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 463
Census 2011 · in context
How Chulgahan compares
By population, Chulgahan ranks #104 of 142 villages in Patan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.9%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Chulgahan
- 74.9%
- Patan mandal
- 68.1%
- Durg district
- 68.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
−2 vs mandal average
- Chulgahan
- 996
- Patan mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Chulgahan
- 5.1
- Patan mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chulgahan at a glance
Chulgahan is a village of 938 people in 184 households (Census 2011) in Patan tehsil, Durg district, Chhattisgarh, the 104th-largest of 142 villages in Patan tehsil. Literacy is 75%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 68% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491223, served by Gunderdehi post office; the LGD village code is 442765. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR PATEL, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chulgahan
- 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
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANITARAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 58
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHULGAHAN
- Total area (ha)
- 464.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 306.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chulgahan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chulgahan
- LGD code
- 442765
- Pincode
- 491223
- Post office
- Gunderdehi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 938
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,106
- Households
- 184
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 74.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Abhanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indra Kumar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ KUMAR PATEL
- Block / Mandal
- Patan
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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