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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
sudha kanwar
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- LGD code
- 436487
- Pincode
- 495674
- Post office
- Bhaisma
- Population
- 466
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 68%
- Sex ratio
- 1062 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 249
Census 2011 · in context
How Kapupahri compares
By population, Kapupahri ranks #73 of 85 villages in Barpali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.0%
+6.7% vs mandal average
- Kapupahri
- 68.0%
- Barpali mandal
- 61.3%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,062
+73 vs mandal average
- Kapupahri
- 1,062
- Barpali mandal
- 989
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Kapupahri
- 4.1
- Barpali mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kapupahri at a glance
Kapupahri is a village of 466 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Barpali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 73rd-largest of 85 villages in Barpali tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495674, served by Bhaisma post office; the LGD village code is 436487. The sarpanch is sudha kanwar, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 549 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kapupahri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KORBA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 29
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 24
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LIMDIH
- Total area (ha)
- 120.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kapupahri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kapupahri
- LGD code
- 436487
- Pincode
- 495674
- Post office
- Bhaisma
- Population (Census 2011)
- 466
- Population (projected 2026)
- 549
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1062
- Literacy rate
- 68.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sudha kanwar
- 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)