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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HIMANSHU TIWARI
Contact: 84****6873
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- LGD code
- 444896
- Pincode
- 493101
- Post office
- Simga
- Population
- 1,139
- Households
- 207
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 486
Census 2011 · in context
How Otgan compares
By population, Otgan ranks #39 of 63 villages in Tilda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.3%
−7.8% vs mandal average
- Otgan
- 56.3%
- Tilda mandal
- 64.1%
- Raipur district
- 64.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
−18 vs mandal average
- Otgan
- 974
- Tilda mandal
- 992
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Otgan
- 5.5
- Tilda mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Otgan at a glance
Otgan is a village of 1,139 people in 207 households (Census 2011) in Tilda tehsil, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, the 39th-largest of 63 villages in Tilda tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493101, served by Simga post office; the LGD village code is 444896. The sarpanch is HIMANSHU TIWARI , and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 1,343 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Otgan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TILDA NEWRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- OATGAN
- Total area (ha)
- 520.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 95.21
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Otgan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Otgan
- LGD code
- 444896
- Pincode
- 493101
- Post office
- Simga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,139
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,343
- Households
- 207
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 56.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HIMANSHU TIWARI
- Block / Mandal
- Tilda
- Nearest bank
- pnb (6.4 km)
Other villages in Tilda mandal
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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)