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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PC
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pitambar Chandra
Contact: 73****4969
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- LGD code
- 437101
- Pincode
- 495688
- Post office
- Dabhra
- Population
- 739
- Households
- 206
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Sex ratio
- 930 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 392
Census 2011 · in context
How Dhobnipali compares
By population, Dhobnipali ranks #66 of 85 villages in Dabhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.3%
+3.1% vs mandal average
- Dhobnipali
- 64.3%
- Dabhra mandal
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
930
−75 vs mandal average
- Dhobnipali
- 930
- Dabhra mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Dhobnipali
- 3.6
- Dabhra mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhobnipali at a glance
Dhobnipali is a village of 739 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Dabhra tehsil, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, the 66th-largest of 85 villages in Dabhra tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495688, served by Dabhra post office; the LGD village code is 437101. The sarpanch is Pitambar Chandra, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 871 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dhobnipali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DABHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 95
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GHIWARA
- Total area (ha)
- 165.47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 111.78
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Dhobnipali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Dhobnipali
- LGD code
- 437101
- Pincode
- 495688
- Post office
- Dabhra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 739
- Population (projected 2026)
- 871
- Households
- 206
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 930
- Literacy rate
- 64.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pitambar Chandra
- Block / Mandal
- Dabhra
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)