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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
ramkumar armo
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- LGD code
- 437888
- Pincode
- 495115
- Post office
- Lormi
- Population
- 701
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Sex ratio
- 964 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 446
Census 2011 · in context
How Niwaskhar compares
By population, Niwaskhar ranks #108 of 170 villages in Lormi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.4%
−5.9% vs mandal average
- Niwaskhar
- 44.4%
- Lormi mandal
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
964
−12 vs mandal average
- Niwaskhar
- 964
- Lormi mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Niwaskhar
- 4.4
- Lormi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Niwaskhar at a glance
Niwaskhar is a village of 701 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Lormi tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 108th-largest of 170 villages in Lormi tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495115, served by Lormi post office; the LGD village code is 437888. The sarpanch is ramkumar armo, and the village votes in Baloda Bazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tank Ram Verma. The population is estimated at 826 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Niwaskhar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- LORMI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 90
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NIWASKHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 69.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 11.55
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Niwaskhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Niwaskhar
- LGD code
- 437888
- Pincode
- 495115
- Post office
- Lormi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 701
- Population (projected 2026)
- 826
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 44.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Baloda Bazar
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tank Ram Verma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ramkumar armo
- Block / Mandal
- Lormi
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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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)