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Hitul

हितुल
Orchha mandal
Pincode 494661
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Hitul observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUDHARI MANDAVI
Contact: 93****6972
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LGD code
450036
Pincode
494661
Post office
Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
Population
169
Households
33
Literacy rate
14.8%
Sex ratio
1195 ♀/1000♂
Workers
107
Distance to district centre
42 km
Distance to mandal centre
24 km
Distance to Raipur
236 km
Distance to Hyderabad
340 km
Nearest railway station
Kamalur · 43 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Hitul compares

By population, Hitul ranks #42 of 81 villages in Orchha mandal.

Literacy rate
%
14.8%
−11.8% vs mandal average
Hitul
14.8%
Orchha mandal
26.6%
Narayanpur district
40.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,195
+163 vs mandal average
Hitul
1,195
Orchha mandal
1,032
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
Hitul
5.1
Orchha mandal
5.0

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Hitul at a glance

Hitul is a village of 169 people in 33 households (Census 2011) in Orchha tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 81 villages in Orchha tehsil. Literacy is 15%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 1,195 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 43 km from Kamalur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 450036. The sarpanch is SUDHARI MANDAVI. The population is estimated at 199 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

Gram panchayat: Thulthuli

Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Hitul · this village16915%
Hitul · Orchha27624%0 km N
Bodga · Bhairamgarh5410%7.4 km S
Hamokal · Kohkameta120%9.7 km N
Chhotepalli · Bhairamgarh7935%9.9 km SW
Bayonar · Kohkameta6438%10.2 km N
Aadermad · Orchha19138%10.7 km N

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Key facts — Hitul

LGD code
450036
Pincode
494661
Post office
Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
Population (Census 2011)
169
Population (projected 2026)
199
Households
33
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1195
Literacy rate
14.8%
Coordinates
19.19444°N, 81.08039°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Bastar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Narayanpur
Member of Parliament
Mahesh Kashyap
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
SUDHARI MANDAVI
Block / Mandal
Orchha
Getting there

How to reach Hitul

Mandal centre
Orchha · ≈ 24 km
≈ 50 min by car · 59 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Narayanpur · ≈ 42 km
≈ 1 h 26 min by car · 1 h 42 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Raipur236 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad340 km
  • Chennai685 km
  • Bengaluru786 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKamalur43 km
  • CollegeLok Biradari School and College60 km
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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
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