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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
Hiramati rathia
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- LGD code
- 435164
- Pincode
- 496661
- Post office
- Kharsia
- Population
- 941
- Households
- 224
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Sex ratio
- 985 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 537
Census 2011 · in context
How Khamhar compares
By population, Khamhar ranks #54 of 137 villages in Kharsia mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.4%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Khamhar
- 65.4%
- Kharsia mandal
- 65.6%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
985
−27 vs mandal average
- Khamhar
- 985
- Kharsia mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Khamhar
- 4.2
- Kharsia mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khamhar at a glance
Khamhar is a village of 941 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Kharsia tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 54th-largest of 137 villages in Kharsia tehsil. Literacy is 65%, about the same as the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496661, served by Kharsia post office; the LGD village code is 435164. The sarpanch is Hiramati rathia, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 1,109 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khamhar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- KHARSIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KHAMHAR
- Total area (ha)
- 428.55
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khamhar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khamhar
- LGD code
- 435164
- Pincode
- 496661
- Post office
- Kharsia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 941
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,109
- Households
- 224
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 985
- Literacy rate
- 65.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Hiramati rathia
- Block / Mandal
- Kharsia
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- 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)