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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRAMILA
Contact: 83****8452
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- LGD code
- 436153
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population
- 846
- Households
- 176
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Sex ratio
- 967 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 498
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhelwatikara compares
By population, Bhelwatikara ranks #50 of 93 villages in Pali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.7%
−9.4% vs mandal average
- Bhelwatikara
- 46.7%
- Pali mandal
- 56.1%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
967
−24 vs mandal average
- Bhelwatikara
- 967
- Pali mandal
- 991
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Bhelwatikara
- 4.8
- Pali mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhelwatikara at a glance
Bhelwatikara is a village of 846 people in 176 households (Census 2011) in Pali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 50th-largest of 93 villages in Pali tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495449, served by Pali (Korba) post office; the LGD village code is 436153. The sarpanch is PRAMILA , and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 997 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhelwatikara
- 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)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 17
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- KATGHORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 27
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DODKI
- Total area (ha)
- 866.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.84
- Forest area (ha)
- 630.61
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhelwatikara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhelwatikara
- LGD code
- 436153
- Pincode
- 495449
- Post office
- Pali (Korba)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 846
- Population (projected 2026)
- 997
- Households
- 176
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 967
- Literacy rate
- 46.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRAMILA
- Block / Mandal
- Pali
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)