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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RIBIKANTI BARIHA
Contact: 65****6546
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- LGD code
- 446373
- Pincode
- 493551
- Post office
- Pithora
- Population
- 988
- Households
- 262
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 551
- Distance to district centre
- 95 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 89 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 100 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 446 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gudum · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rampur compares
By population, Rampur ranks #70 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.8%
+3.5% vs mandal average
- Rampur
- 61.8%
- Pithora mandal
- 58.3%
- Mahasamund district
- 61.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
−30 vs mandal average
- Rampur
- 1,004
- Pithora mandal
- 1,034
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Rampur
- 3.8
- Pithora mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rampur at a glance
Rampur is a village of 988 people in 262 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 70th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. It lies 95 km from the Mahasamund district centre, 17 km from Gudum railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 493551, served by Pithora post office; the LGD village code is 446373. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is RIBIKANTI BARIHA, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,165 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rampur
- 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)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KISHANPUR (KISANPUR)
- Total area (ha)
- 297.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 7.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rampur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rampur
- LGD code
- 446373
- Pincode
- 493551
- Post office
- Pithora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 988
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,165
- Households
- 262
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 61.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.42391°N, 81.25006°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajim
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rohit Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RIBIKANTI BARIHA
- Block / Mandal
- Pithora
Getting there
How to reach Rampur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur100 kmcapital
- Hyderabad446 km
- Kolkata774 km
- Chennai823 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGudum17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankBank14 km
- Petrol pumpAgni Bricks30 km
- CollegeGovt. Gaind Singh14 km
- Police stationPolice Station15 km
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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)