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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
JYOTI SIDAR
Contact: 78****8788
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- LGD code
- 434778
- Pincode
- 496111
- Post office
- Gharghoda
- Population
- 545
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Sex ratio
- 982 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 248
Census 2011 · in context
How Samaruma compares
By population, Samaruma ranks #68 of 117 villages in Tamnar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.4%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Samaruma
- 60.4%
- Tamnar mandal
- 63.8%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
982
−4 vs mandal average
- Samaruma
- 982
- Tamnar mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Samaruma
- 4.4
- Tamnar mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Samaruma at a glance
Samaruma is a village of 545 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Tamnar tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 68th-largest of 117 villages in Tamnar tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496111, served by Gharghoda post office; the LGD village code is 434778. The sarpanch is JYOTI SIDAR , and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 643 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaruma · this village | 545 | 60% | — |
| Punjipathra · Tamnar | 381 | 56% | — |
| Padkipahri · Tamnar | 348 | 51% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Samaruma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- GHARGHODA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AMAGHAT
- Total area (ha)
- 293.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 1.59
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Samaruma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Samaruma
- LGD code
- 434778
- Pincode
- 496111
- Post office
- Gharghoda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 545
- Population (projected 2026)
- 643
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 982
- Literacy rate
- 60.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasdol
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sandeep Sahu
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JYOTI SIDAR
- 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)