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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Devanti Painkra
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- LGD code
- 434297
- Pincode
- 496220
- Post office
- Ludeg
- Population
- 409
- Households
- 109
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1087 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 162
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 55 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 66 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 490 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajnandgaon · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Medical College Hospital, · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basantpur compares
By population, Basantpur ranks #46 of 52 villages in Bagbahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.1%
+10.1% vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 61.1%
- Bagbahar mandal
- 51.0%
- Jashpur district
- 58.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,087
+75 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 1,087
- Bagbahar mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 3.8
- Bagbahar mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basantpur at a glance
Basantpur is a village of 409 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Bagbahar tehsil, Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 46th-largest of 52 villages in Bagbahar tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,087 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Jashpur district centre, 3 km from Rajnandgaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 496220, served by Ludeg post office; the LGD village code is 434297. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Medical College Hospital,, 1 km away. The sarpanch is Devanti Painkra , and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basantpur
- 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
- No
- 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
- PATHALGAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 89
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- TAREKELA
- Total area (ha)
- 174.79
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basantpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basantpur
- LGD code
- 434297
- Pincode
- 496220
- Post office
- Ludeg
- Population (Census 2011)
- 409
- Population (projected 2026)
- 482
- Households
- 109
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1087
- Literacy rate
- 61.1%
- Coordinates
- 21.08336°N, 81.02075°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanjari Balod
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangeeta Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Devanti Painkra
- Block / Mandal
- Bagbahar
Getting there
How to reach Basantpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur66 kmcapital
- Hyderabad490 km
- Kolkata776 km
- Mumbai879 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajnandgaon3 km
- Bus stopOld Bus Stand2 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Medical College Hospital,1 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum, Petrol Pump - City Fuels3 km
- Collegeकन्फ्लूएंस कॉलेज, राजनांदगांव6 km
- Police stationMohan Nagar Police Station, Durg30 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Medical College Hospital,1.0 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Basantpur
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Basantpur
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Kamptee Line LibraryLibrary1.9 km ↗
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)