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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shiv Kumar Gupta
Contact: 95****4459
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- LGD code
- 435132
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population
- 456
- Households
- 131
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 181
- Distance to district centre
- 117 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 66 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 157 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sakti · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Malkharoda · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kalmi compares
By population, Kalmi ranks #109 of 147 villages in Pusour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.4%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Kalmi
- 72.4%
- Pusour mandal
- 70.3%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
−41 vs mandal average
- Kalmi
- 949
- Pusour mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
3.5
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kalmi
- 3.5
- Pusour mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalmi at a glance
Kalmi is a village of 456 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Pusour tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 109th-largest of 147 villages in Pusour tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 117 km from the Raigarh district centre, 13 km from Sakti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 496440, served by Pussore post office; the LGD village code is 435132. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Malkharoda, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Shiv Kumar Gupta , and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 538 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kalmi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- PUSAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAWAPALI
- Total area (ha)
- 121.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102.8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kalmi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kalmi
- LGD code
- 435132
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population (Census 2011)
- 456
- Population (projected 2026)
- 538
- Households
- 131
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Coordinates
- 21.89675°N, 82.97695°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shiv Kumar Gupta
- Block / Mandal
- Pusour
Getting there
How to reach Kalmi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur157 kmcapital
- Kolkata559 km
- Hyderabad687 km
- Delhi945 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSakti13 km
- Bus stophamalpara bus stand17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Malkharoda3 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank14 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Station Sakti14 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University13 km
- Police stationPolice Station Sakti14 km
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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