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September 2026
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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kush ram bhagat
Contact: 78****8787
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- LGD code
- 434745
- Pincode
- 496107
- Post office
- Tamnar
- Population
- 367
- Households
- 98
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 748 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 153
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakta compares
By population, Sakta ranks #89 of 117 villages in Tamnar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Sakta
- 60.5%
- Tamnar mandal
- 63.8%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
748
−238 vs mandal average
- Sakta
- 748
- Tamnar mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Sakta
- 3.7
- Tamnar mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakta at a glance
Sakta is a village of 367 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Tamnar tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 89th-largest of 117 villages in Tamnar tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 748 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496107, served by Tamnar post office; the LGD village code is 434745. The sarpanch is kush ram bhagat, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 433 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lalpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakta · this village | 367 | 61% | — |
| Lalpur · Tamnar | 440 | 66% | — |
| Banjikhol · Tamnar | 284 | 59% | — |
| Maduadumar · Tamnar | 231 | 80% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakta
- 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)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GHARGHODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- LALPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 78.02
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakta
- LGD code
- 434745
- Pincode
- 496107
- Post office
- Tamnar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 367
- Population (projected 2026)
- 433
- Households
- 98
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 748
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kush ram bhagat
- Block / Mandal
- Tamnar
Same pincode
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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, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)