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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mahendra kumar
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- LGD code
- 446288
- Pincode
- 493551
- Post office
- Pithora
- Population
- 1,108
- Households
- 270
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1011 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 681
Census 2011 · in context
How Durugpali compares
By population, Durugpali ranks #53 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.5%
+5.2% vs mandal average
- Durugpali
- 63.5%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,011
−23 vs mandal average
- Durugpali
- 1,011
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Durugpali
- 4.1
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Durugpali at a glance
Durugpali is a village of 1,108 people in 270 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 53rd-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493551, served by Pithora post office; the LGD village code is 446288. The sarpanch is Mahendra kumar , and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,306 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Durugpali
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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
- 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
- BAGBAHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DURUGPALI
- Total area (ha)
- 558.73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 317
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.73
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Durugpali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Durugpali
- LGD code
- 446288
- Pincode
- 493551
- Post office
- Pithora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,108
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,306
- Households
- 270
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1011
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mahendra kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 493551
- JhalapMahasamund mandal3,166 pop
- LakhagarhPithora mandal2,842 pop
- RaitumMahasamund mandal2,664 pop
- Rajasewaiya KhurdPithora mandal2,358 pop
- Sona SilliPithora mandal2,266 pop
- SukhipaliPithora mandal2,078 pop
- GadbedaPithora mandal2,011 pop
- Kishanpur (Kisanpur)Pithora mandal1,945 pop
- BawankeraMahasamund mandal1,880 pop
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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)