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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DC
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Dhaneshwari Chandra Khunte
Contact: 74****3380
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- LGD code
- 437368
- Pincode
- 495690
- Post office
- Jaijaipur
- Population
- 906
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1068 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 451
Census 2011 · in context
How Bodsara compares
By population, Bodsara ranks #16 of 24 villages in Jaijaipur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.9%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 60.9%
- Jaijaipur mandal
- 59.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,068
+55 vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 1,068
- Jaijaipur mandal
- 1,013
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Bodsara
- 5.0
- Jaijaipur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bodsara at a glance
Bodsara is a village of 906 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Jaijaipur tehsil, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, the 16th-largest of 24 villages in Jaijaipur tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,068 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495690, served by Jaijaipur post office; the LGD village code is 437368. The sarpanch is Dhaneshwari Chandra Khunte, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 1,068 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bodsara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAIJAIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 61
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BODSARA
- Total area (ha)
- 262.35
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 214.46
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bodsara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bodsara
- LGD code
- 437368
- Pincode
- 495690
- Post office
- Jaijaipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 906
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,068
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1068
- Literacy rate
- 60.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Janjgir-Champa
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bilaigarh
- Member of Parliament
- Kamlesh Jangde
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kavita Pran Lahrey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Dhaneshwari Chandra Khunte
- Block / Mandal
- Jaijaipur
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View all 24 →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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)