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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Biranpur is a village in Pipariya mandal, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 901 across 225 households with a literacy rate of 53.7%. The village is located at 21.423°N, 80.544°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mohan Lal Chandrakar
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- LGD code
- 439128
- Pincode
- 491336
- Post office
- Dashrangpur
- Population
- 901
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1029 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 388
- Distance to district centre
- 123 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 132 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 114 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 498 km
- Nearest railway station
- Salekasa · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CH Lanji · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Biranpur compares
By population, Biranpur ranks #43 of 99 villages in Pipariya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.7%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Biranpur
- 53.7%
- Pipariya mandal
- 50.6%
- Kabeerdham district
- 50.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,029
+31 vs mandal average
- Biranpur
- 1,029
- Pipariya mandal
- 998
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Biranpur
- 4.0
- Pipariya mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Biranpur at a glance
Biranpur is a village of 901 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Pipariya tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 43rd-largest of 99 villages in Pipariya tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,029 women per 1,000 men. It lies 123 km from the Kabeerdham district centre, 14 km from Salekasa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491336, served by Dashrangpur post office; the LGD village code is 439128. The nearest hospital or health centre is CH Lanji, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Mohan Lal Chandrakar, and the village votes in Dhamtari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Onkar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,062 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Biranpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PIPARIYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 23
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BIRANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 327.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 106.55
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Biranpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Biranpur
- LGD code
- 439128
- Pincode
- 491336
- Post office
- Dashrangpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 901
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,062
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1029
- Literacy rate
- 53.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.42268°N, 80.54422°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamtari
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Onkar Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mohan Lal Chandrakar
- Block / Mandal
- Pipariya
- Nearest railway station
- Sarsonpuri (134.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Biranpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur114 kmcapital
- Hyderabad498 km
- Kolkata816 km
- Mumbai841 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSalekasa14 km
- Hospital / PHCCH Lanji9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum35 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge35 km
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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
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