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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ram bai kanwar
Contact: 97****1550
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- LGD code
- 436050
- Pincode
- 495448
- Post office
- Pondi-Uproda
- Population
- 304
- Households
- 65
- Literacy rate
- 49%
- Sex ratio
- 961 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 116
- Distance to district centre
- 96 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 127 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 119 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 600 km
- Nearest railway station
- demo railway · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt Hospital Dhurkot · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barbhatha compares
By population, Barbhatha ranks #106 of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.0%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Barbhatha
- 49.0%
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 50.7%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
961
−22 vs mandal average
- Barbhatha
- 961
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Barbhatha
- 4.7
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barbhatha at a glance
Barbhatha is a village of 304 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Poundi-Uproda tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 106th-largest of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 96 km from the Korba district centre, 19 km from demo railway railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495448, served by Pondi-Uproda post office; the LGD village code is 436050. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital Dhurkot, 13 km away. The sarpanch is Ram bai kanwar, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 358 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barbhatha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 14
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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)
- 73
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 61
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KASHALPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 155.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0.69
- Forest area (ha)
- 77.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barbhatha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barbhatha
- LGD code
- 436050
- Pincode
- 495448
- Post office
- Pondi-Uproda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 304
- Population (projected 2026)
- 358
- Households
- 65
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 961
- Literacy rate
- 49.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.83159°N, 82.59477°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ram bai kanwar
- Block / Mandal
- Poundi-Uproda
Getting there
How to reach Barbhatha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur119 kmcapital
- Kolkata600 km
- Hyderabad655 km
- Delhi928 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationdemo railway19 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt Hospital Dhurkot13 km
- Petrol pumpIBP Petrol Station20 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University43 km
- Police stationPolice Station19 km
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- BarbhathaRajim · Gariyaband, Chhattisgarh1,434 pop
- BarbhathaMalkharoda · Sakti, Chhattisgarh599 pop
- BarbhathaMahasamund · Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh580 pop
- BarbhathaBilaigarh · Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Chhattisgarh438 pop
- BarbhathaBhatgaon · Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Chhattisgarh358 pop
- BarbhathaMalkharoda · Sakti, Chhattisgarh312 pop
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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)