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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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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bholeshwar Rathiya
Contact: 87****6642
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- LGD code
- 434522
- Pincode
- 496665
- Post office
- Chhal
- Population
- 519
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Sex ratio
- 981 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 314
Census 2011 · in context
How Lotan compares
By population, Lotan ranks #34 of 48 villages in Chhal mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.2%
+17.7% vs mandal average
- Lotan
- 78.2%
- Chhal mandal
- 60.5%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
981
−22 vs mandal average
- Lotan
- 981
- Chhal mandal
- 1,003
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Lotan
- 4.1
- Chhal mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lotan at a glance
Lotan is a village of 519 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Chhal tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 34th-largest of 48 villages in Chhal tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 18 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496665, served by Chhal post office; the LGD village code is 434522. The sarpanch is Bholeshwar Rathiya, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 612 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lotan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHARAMJAIGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATAIPALI SEE
- Total area (ha)
- 517.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 25
- Forest area (ha)
- 272.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lotan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lotan
- LGD code
- 434522
- Pincode
- 496665
- Post office
- Chhal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 519
- Population (projected 2026)
- 612
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 981
- Literacy rate
- 78.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bholeshwar Rathiya
- Block / Mandal
- Chhal
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View all 47+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)