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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KISHOR KUMAR CHOUHAN
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- LGD code
- 445683
- Pincode
- 493558
- Post office
- Saraipali
- Population
- 1,156
- Households
- 269
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Sex ratio
- 953 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 528
- Distance to district centre
- 252 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 221 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 282 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 340 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhansi · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- N.M.D.C. Appolo Central Hospital · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Udela compares
By population, Udela ranks #30 of 225 villages in Basna mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.3%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Udela
- 64.3%
- Basna mandal
- 60.4%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
953
−70 vs mandal average
- Udela
- 953
- Basna mandal
- 1,023
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Udela
- 4.3
- Basna mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Udela at a glance
Udela is a village of 1,156 people in 269 households (Census 2011) in Basna tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 30th-largest of 225 villages in Basna tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 953 women per 1,000 men. It lies 252 km from the Mahasamund district centre, 12 km from Bhansi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493558, served by Saraipali post office; the LGD village code is 445683. The nearest hospital or health centre is N.M.D.C. Appolo Central Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is KISHOR KUMAR CHOUHAN, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 1,363 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Udela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 102
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 19
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- UDELA
- Total area (ha)
- 435.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Udela
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Key facts — Udela
- LGD code
- 445683
- Pincode
- 493558
- Post office
- Saraipali
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,156
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,363
- Households
- 269
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 953
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Coordinates
- 18.73120°N, 81.37298°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KISHOR KUMAR CHOUHAN
- Block / Mandal
- Basna
Getting there
How to reach Udela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur282 kmcapital
- Hyderabad340 km
- Chennai639 km
- Bengaluru757 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhansi12 km
- Hospital / PHCN.M.D.C. Appolo Central Hospital13 km
- ATM / bankCGRGB Bank18 km
- CollegeGovt Nursing College Sukma48 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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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