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September 2026
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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
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JTOTI KUMARI
Contact: 83****4613
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- LGD code
- 436438
- Pincode
- 495671
- Post office
- Champa
- Population
- 3,019
- Households
- 731
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1013 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,506
Census 2011 · in context
How Faraswani compares
By population, Faraswani ranks #3 of 85 villages in Barpali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.5%
+4.2% vs mandal average
- Faraswani
- 65.5%
- Barpali mandal
- 61.3%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,013
+24 vs mandal average
- Faraswani
- 1,013
- Barpali mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Faraswani
- 4.1
- Barpali mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Faraswani at a glance
Faraswani is a village of 3,019 people in 731 households (Census 2011) in Barpali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 3rd-largest of 85 villages in Barpali tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,013 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495671, served by Champa post office; the LGD village code is 436438. The sarpanch is JTOTI KUMARI, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 3,559 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Faraswani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAMPA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PHULJHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 607.78
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 71.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 41.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Faraswani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Faraswani
- LGD code
- 436438
- Pincode
- 495671
- Post office
- Champa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,019
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,559
- Households
- 731
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1013
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JTOTI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Barpali
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)