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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
Lad is a village in Poundi-Uproda mandal, Korba district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 1,440 across 313 households with a literacy rate of 42.2%. The village is located at 20.869°N, 81.940°E and has PIN code 495448.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
lalbahadur singh
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- LGD code
- 435968
- Pincode
- 495448
- Post office
- Pondi-Uproda
- Population
- 1,440
- Households
- 313
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1034 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 680
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 53 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rajim · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lad compares
By population, Lad ranks #19 of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.2%
−8.5% vs mandal average
- Lad
- 42.2%
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 50.7%
- Korba district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,034
+51 vs mandal average
- Lad
- 1,034
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Lad
- 4.6
- Poundi-Uproda mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lad at a glance
Lad is a village of 1,440 people in 313 households (Census 2011) in Poundi-Uproda tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 19th-largest of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,034 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Korba district centre, 13 km from Rajim railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495448, served by Pondi-Uproda post office; the LGD village code is 435968. The nearest hospital or health centre is hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is lalbahadur singh , and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,698 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lad
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATGHORA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 75
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LAD
- Total area (ha)
- 1,093
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 662
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lad
- LGD code
- 435968
- Pincode
- 495448
- Post office
- Pondi-Uproda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,440
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,698
- Households
- 313
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1034
- Literacy rate
- 42.2%
- Coordinates
- 20.86936°N, 81.94046°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- lalbahadur singh
- Block / Mandal
- Poundi-Uproda
Getting there
How to reach Lad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur53 kmcapital
- Hyderabad531 km
- Kolkata690 km
- Chennai884 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRajim13 km
- Hospital / PHChospital12 km
- ATM / bankhdfc bank28 km
- Petrol pumpmemon fuels28 km
- Collegeबीरेन्द्र दीपक कालेज ऑफ नसिंग, जामगांव21 km
- Police stationchuura police thana29 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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)