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Bawanbodi

बावनबोडी
Jaijaipur mandal
Pincode 495690
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Bawanbodi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Temple in Jaijaipur mandal

The principal temple recorded for Jaijaipur mandal is temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bawanbodi itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shatruhan Gond
Contact: 97****2969
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LGD code
437357
Pincode
495690
Post office
Jaijaipur
Population
533
Households
106
Literacy rate
62.1%
Sex ratio
1230 ♀/1000♂
Workers
407
Census 2011 · in context

How Bawanbodi compares

By population, Bawanbodi ranks #19 of 24 villages in Jaijaipur mandal.

Literacy rate
%
62.1%
+2.9% vs mandal average
Bawanbodi62.1%
Jaijaipur mandal59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,230
+217 vs mandal average
Bawanbodi1,230
Jaijaipur mandal1,013
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
Bawanbodi5.0
Jaijaipur mandal4.6

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Bawanbodi at a glance

Bawanbodi is a village of 533 people in 106 households (Census 2011) in Jaijaipur tehsil, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, the 19th-largest of 24 villages in Jaijaipur tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,230 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495690, served by Jaijaipur post office; the LGD village code is 437357. The sarpanch is Shatruhan Gond, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 628 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bawanbodi

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
Yes
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
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
JAIJAIPUR
Distance to nearest town (km)
12
Distance to district HQ (km)
58
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
12
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
BELKARRI
Total area (ha)
184.56
Irrigated area (ha)
82.23
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Bawanbodi

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Bawanbodi

LGD code
437357
Pincode
495690
Post office
Jaijaipur
Population (Census 2011)
533
Population (projected 2026)
628
Households
106
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1230
Literacy rate
62.1%
Lok Sabha constituency
Janjgir-Champa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bilaigarh
Member of Parliament
Kamlesh Jangde
Member of Legislative Assembly
Kavita Pran Lahrey
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Shatruhan Gond
Block / Mandal
Jaijaipur
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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