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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAJESHWARI SAHU
Contact: 62****9545
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- LGD code
- 445762
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population
- 282
- Households
- 77
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1089 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 81
Census 2011 · in context
How Jalkot compares
By population, Jalkot ranks #196 of 225 villages in Basna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.6%
+10.2% vs mandal average
- Jalkot
- 70.6%
- Basna mandal
- 60.4%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,089
+66 vs mandal average
- Jalkot
- 1,089
- Basna mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Jalkot
- 3.7
- Basna mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jalkot at a glance
Jalkot is a village of 282 people in 77 households (Census 2011) in Basna tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 196th-largest of 225 villages in Basna tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,089 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493554, served by Basna post office; the LGD village code is 445762. The sarpanch is RAJESHWARI SAHU, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 332 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Jalkot
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- BASNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- POUNSRA
- Total area (ha)
- 131.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Jalkot
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Jalkot
- LGD code
- 445762
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 282
- Population (projected 2026)
- 332
- Households
- 77
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1089
- Literacy rate
- 70.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAJESHWARI SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Basna
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)