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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMA DEVI
Contact: 99****3040
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- LGD code
- 432495
- Pincode
- 497226
- Post office
- Bishrampur (Surguja)
- Population
- 1,523
- Households
- 303
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1004 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 757
Census 2011 · in context
How Kumda compares
By population, Kumda ranks #22 of 62 villages in Latori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.3%
−8.0% vs mandal average
- Kumda
- 46.3%
- Latori mandal
- 54.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,004
+26 vs mandal average
- Kumda
- 1,004
- Latori mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Kumda
- 5.0
- Latori mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumda at a glance
Kumda is a village of 1,523 people in 303 households (Census 2011) in Latori tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 22nd-largest of 62 villages in Latori tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,004 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497226, served by Bishrampur (Surguja) post office; the LGD village code is 432495. The sarpanch is UMA DEVI, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 1,796 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kumda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- BISHRAMPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUMDA
- Total area (ha)
- 555
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 28
- Forest area (ha)
- 1
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kumda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kumda
- LGD code
- 432495
- Pincode
- 497226
- Post office
- Bishrampur (Surguja)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,523
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,796
- Households
- 303
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1004
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Latori
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Other villages in Latori mandal
View all 60+ →- Jainagar
- Kunjnagar
- Satpata
- Kalyanpur
- Karwa
- Latori
- Kaskela
- Maheshpur
- Telaikachhar
- Silphili
- Majira
- Sambalpur
- Ravindra Nagar
- Karampur
- Ganeshpur
- Padipa
- Gangapur
- Akhora Kalan
- Tulsi
- Dwarikanagar
- Sundarganj
- Harratikra
- Haripur
- Kamalpur
- Amgaon
- Sanjay Nagar
- Anujnagar
- Pathakpur
- Biharpur
- Brajnagar
- Ajabnagar
- Kanakpur
- Kasalgiri
- Chhatarpur
- Birpur
- Pahadgaon
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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)