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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Udit Narayan maitro
Contact: 85****4007
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- LGD code
- 437164
- Pincode
- 495692
- Post office
- Chandrapur (Janjgir-champa)
- Population
- 973
- Households
- 274
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1053 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 519
Census 2011 · in context
How Gandapali compares
By population, Gandapali ranks #55 of 85 villages in Dabhra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
66.1%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Gandapali
- 66.1%
- Dabhra mandal
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,053
+48 vs mandal average
- Gandapali
- 1,053
- Dabhra mandal
- 1,005
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Gandapali
- 3.6
- Dabhra mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gandapali at a glance
Gandapali is a village of 973 people in 274 households (Census 2011) in Dabhra tehsil, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, the 55th-largest of 85 villages in Dabhra tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,053 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495692, served by Chandrapur (Janjgir-champa) post office; the LGD village code is 437164. The sarpanch is Udit Narayan maitro, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 1,147 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gandapali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DABHRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GANDAPALI
- Total area (ha)
- 290.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 38.692
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Gandapali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Gandapali
- LGD code
- 437164
- Pincode
- 495692
- Post office
- Chandrapur (Janjgir-champa)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 973
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,147
- Households
- 274
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1053
- Literacy rate
- 66.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Udit Narayan maitro
- 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
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