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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
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ramashila sidar
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- LGD code
- 446387
- Pincode
- 493445
- Post office
- Mahasamund
- Population
- 512
- Households
- 141
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1090 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 271
Census 2011 · in context
How Kesharpur compares
By population, Kesharpur ranks #172 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.1%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Kesharpur
- 56.1%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,090
+56 vs mandal average
- Kesharpur
- 1,090
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Kesharpur
- 3.6
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kesharpur at a glance
Kesharpur is a village of 512 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 172nd-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,090 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493445, served by Mahasamund post office; the LGD village code is 446387. The sarpanch is ramashila sidar, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 604 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kesharpur
- 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
- BAGBAHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 118
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 63
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAMHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 337.43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 14.07
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kesharpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kesharpur
- LGD code
- 446387
- Pincode
- 493445
- Post office
- Mahasamund
- Population (Census 2011)
- 512
- Population (projected 2026)
- 604
- Households
- 141
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1090
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramashila sidar
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 493445
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- BhoringMahasamund mandal4,798 pop
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- AchholaMahasamund mandal3,369 pop
- NandgaonMahasamund mandal3,178 pop
- KhattiMahasamund mandal2,867 pop
- GarhsiwaniMahasamund mandal2,822 pop
- LohardihMahasamund mandal2,806 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)