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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Nalini sahu
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- LGD code
- 435082
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population
- 1,169
- Households
- 297
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1005 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 602
- Distance to district centre
- 102 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 51 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 142 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 573 km
- Nearest railway station
- test sation · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- bhatiya hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Odekera compares
By population, Odekera ranks #38 of 147 villages in Pusour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.6%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Odekera
- 68.6%
- Pusour mandal
- 70.3%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,005
+15 vs mandal average
- Odekera
- 1,005
- Pusour mandal
- 990
Household size
people per home
3.9
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Odekera
- 3.9
- Pusour mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Odekera at a glance
Odekera is a village of 1,169 people in 297 households (Census 2011) in Pusour tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 38th-largest of 147 villages in Pusour tehsil. Literacy is 69%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. It lies 102 km from the Raigarh district centre, 6 km from test sation railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 496440, served by Pussore post office; the LGD village code is 435082. The nearest hospital or health centre is bhatiya hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Nalini sahu, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,378 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Odekera
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PUSAUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 21
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ODEKERA
- Total area (ha)
- 323.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 130.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Odekera
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Odekera
- LGD code
- 435082
- Pincode
- 496440
- Post office
- Pussore
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,169
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,378
- Households
- 297
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1005
- Literacy rate
- 68.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.81977°N, 82.85475°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Nalini sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Pusour
Getting there
How to reach Odekera
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur142 kmcapital
- Kolkata573 km
- Hyderabad673 km
- Delhi945 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationtest sation6 km
- Hospital / PHCbhatiya hospital7 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank25 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Station Sakti25 km
- CollegeDr. C. V. Raman University24 km
- Police stationPolice Station Sakti25 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, 2026-09-19
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