Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
Reported by The News Mill.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bhojraj pradhan
Contact: 62****9972
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Arangi can update it.
- LGD code
- 446396
- Pincode
- 493555
- Post office
- Jagdishpur (Mahasamund)
- Population
- 485
- Households
- 106
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1215 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 292
- Distance to district centre
- 287 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 284 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 332 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 451 km
- Nearest railway station
- Padua · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC , Labburu · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arangi compares
By population, Arangi ranks #179 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Arangi
- 60.8%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,215
+181 vs mandal average
- Arangi
- 1,215
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Arangi
- 4.6
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arangi at a glance
Arangi is a village of 485 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 179th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,215 women per 1,000 men. It lies 287 km from the Mahasamund district centre, 59 km from Madugula, the nearest town, 8 km from Padua railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493555, served by Jagdishpur (Mahasamund) post office; the LGD village code is 446396. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC , Labburu, 11 km away. The sarpanch is bhojraj pradhan , and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 572 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arangi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arangi
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAGBAHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 55
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ARANGI
- Total area (ha)
- 214.68
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arangi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arangi
- LGD code
- 446396
- Pincode
- 493555
- Post office
- Jagdishpur (Mahasamund)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 485
- Population (projected 2026)
- 572
- Households
- 106
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1215
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Coordinates
- 18.41292°N, 82.61286°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhojraj pradhan
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Getting there
How to reach Arangi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur332 kmcapital
- Hyderabad451 km
- Chennai643 km
- Kolkata757 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPadua8 km
- Bus stopPanasaputtu Bus Stop10 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC , Labburu11 km
- Police stationKoraput police station46 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 493555
Same name, different place
Other villages named Arangi
Looking for a different Arangi? 6 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Arangi →
Villages near Arangi
Other villages in Pithora mandal
View all 60+ →- Shrirampur
- Pirda
- Bundeli
- Sankara
- Lakhagarh
- Gopalpur
- Rajasewaiya Khurd
- Sona Silli
- Sukhipali
- Gadbeda
- Kishanpur (Kisanpur)
- Saldih
- Bhurkoni
- Remda
- Memra
- Sawitripur
- Barnaidadar
- Barekelkhurd
- Bamhani
- Lahraud
- Ghonch
- Khair Khuta
- Atharagudi
- Beldih
- Ghoghra
- Pendrawan
- Ansula
- Arand
- Burodih
- Thakurdiya Khurd
- Sirko
- Jamhar
- Tarekela
- Charbhatha
- Shankarpur
- Dhaba Khar
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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)