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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Siyaram chauhan
Contact: 99****9558
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- LGD code
- 435075
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population
- 921
- Households
- 254
- Literacy rate
- 78.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1074 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 394
Census 2011 · in context
How Kathani compares
By population, Kathani ranks #60 of 147 villages in Pusour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.8%
+8.5% vs mandal average
- Kathani
- 78.8%
- Pusour mandal
- 70.3%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,074
+84 vs mandal average
- Kathani
- 1,074
- Pusour mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kathani
- 3.6
- Pusour mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kathani at a glance
Kathani is a village of 921 people in 254 households (Census 2011) in Pusour tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 60th-largest of 147 villages in Pusour tehsil. Literacy is 79%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496440, served by Pussore post office; the LGD village code is 435075. The sarpanch is Siyaram chauhan, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,086 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kathani
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PUSAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATHANI
- Total area (ha)
- 307.08
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 29.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.26
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kathani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kathani
- LGD code
- 435075
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population (Census 2011)
- 921
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,086
- Households
- 254
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1074
- Literacy rate
- 78.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Siyaram chauhan
- Block / Mandal
- Pusour
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)