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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANJU CHOUHAN
Contact: 93****0612
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- LGD code
- 445794
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population
- 2,546
- Households
- 644
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 994 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,068
Census 2011 · in context
How Arekel compares
By population, Arekel ranks #4 of 225 villages in Basna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+7.3% vs mandal average
- Arekel
- 67.7%
- Basna mandal
- 60.4%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
994
−29 vs mandal average
- Arekel
- 994
- Basna mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Arekel
- 4.0
- Basna mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arekel at a glance
Arekel is a village of 2,546 people in 644 households (Census 2011) in Basna tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 4th-largest of 225 villages in Basna tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493554, served by Basna post office; the LGD village code is 445794. The sarpanch is MANJU CHOUHAN, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 3,002 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arekel
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BASNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 1
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AREKEL
- Total area (ha)
- 483.36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 210.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arekel
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arekel
- LGD code
- 445794
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,546
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,002
- Households
- 644
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 994
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANJU CHOUHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Basna
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)