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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
hemant thakur
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- LGD code
- 446497
- Pincode
- 492112
- Post office
- Sankra (Mahasamund)
- Population
- 871
- Households
- 192
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1035 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 536
Census 2011 · in context
How Laripur compares
By population, Laripur ranks #94 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Laripur
- 60.4%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
+1 vs mandal average
- Laripur
- 1,035
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Laripur
- 4.5
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Laripur at a glance
Laripur is a village of 871 people in 192 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 94th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 492112, served by Sankra (Mahasamund) post office; the LGD village code is 446497. The sarpanch is hemant thakur, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,027 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lari Pur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laripur · this village | 871 | 60% | — |
| Laripur Tukda Bada · Pithora | 157 | 48% | — |
| Laripur Tukda Chhota · Pithora | 78 | 58% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Laripur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LARIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 373.52
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 66.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Laripur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Laripur
- LGD code
- 446497
- Pincode
- 492112
- Post office
- Sankra (Mahasamund)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 871
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,027
- Households
- 192
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1035
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- hemant thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 492112
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Laripur
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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)