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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
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHAKUNTALA PATEL
Contact: 97****9580
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- LGD code
- 445737
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population
- 250
- Households
- 69
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 148
Census 2011 · in context
How Paraskol compares
By population, Paraskol ranks #198 of 225 villages in Basna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+3.6% vs mandal average
- Paraskol
- 64.0%
- Basna mandal
- 60.4%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
−7 vs mandal average
- Paraskol
- 1,016
- Basna mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Paraskol
- 3.6
- Basna mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paraskol at a glance
Paraskol is a village of 250 people in 69 households (Census 2011) in Basna tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 198th-largest of 225 villages in Basna tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493554, served by Basna post office; the LGD village code is 445737. The sarpanch is SHAKUNTALA PATEL , and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 295 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Paraskol
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- Yes
- 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)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 98
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHANAPALI
- Total area (ha)
- 106.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Paraskol
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Key facts — Paraskol
- LGD code
- 445737
- Pincode
- 493554
- Post office
- Basna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 250
- Population (projected 2026)
- 295
- Households
- 69
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHAKUNTALA PATEL
- 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
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