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Raitarai

रैतराई
Pusour mandal
Pincode 496001
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Raitarai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

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Temple in Pusour mandal

The principal temple recorded for Pusour mandal is The temple belonging to Mahant Laldass of Sheorinarayan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Raitarai itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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Janjgir-Champa
PC 03 · SC
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Kasdol
AC 044
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KHUSI PATEL
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LGD code
435032
Pincode
496001
Post office
Chakradharnagar
Population
505
Households
141
Literacy rate
60.8%
Sex ratio
957 ♀/1000♂
Workers
302
Census 2011 · in context

How Raitarai compares

By population, Raitarai ranks #103 of 147 villages in Pusour mandal.

Literacy rate
%
60.8%
−9.5% vs mandal average
Raitarai60.8%
Pusour mandal70.3%
Raigarh district63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
957
−33 vs mandal average
Raitarai957
Pusour mandal990
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
Raitarai3.6
Pusour mandal3.8

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Raitarai at a glance

Raitarai is a village of 505 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Pusour tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 103rd-largest of 147 villages in Pusour tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496001, served by Chakradharnagar post office; the LGD village code is 435032. The sarpanch is KHUSI PATEL, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 595 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raitarai

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
No
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
RAIGARH
Distance to nearest town (km)
20
Distance to district HQ (km)
20
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
17
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
KOANUWATAL
Total area (ha)
180.32
Irrigated area (ha)
51.79
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Raitarai

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Raitarai

LGD code
435032
Pincode
496001
Post office
Chakradharnagar
Population (Census 2011)
505
Population (projected 2026)
595
Households
141
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
957
Literacy rate
60.8%
Lok Sabha constituency
Janjgir-Champa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kasdol
Member of Parliament
Kamlesh Jangde
Member of Legislative Assembly
Sandeep Sahu
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
KHUSI PATEL
Block / Mandal
Pusour
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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