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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ARJUN SINGH
Contact: 96****6922
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- LGD code
- 432516
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population
- 1,769
- Households
- 392
- Literacy rate
- 44.2%
- Sex ratio
- 886 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,009
Census 2011 · in context
How Padipa compares
By population, Padipa ranks #16 of 62 villages in Latori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.2%
−10.1% vs mandal average
- Padipa
- 44.2%
- Latori mandal
- 54.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
886
−92 vs mandal average
- Padipa
- 886
- Latori mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Padipa
- 4.5
- Latori mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padipa at a glance
Padipa is a village of 1,769 people in 392 households (Census 2011) in Latori tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 16th-largest of 62 villages in Latori tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 886 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497229, served by Surajpur post office; the LGD village code is 432516. The sarpanch is ARJUN SINGH, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 2,086 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Padipa
- 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
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 52
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- PADIPA
- Total area (ha)
- 582.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 121.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 44.56
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Padipa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Padipa
- LGD code
- 432516
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,769
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,086
- Households
- 392
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 886
- Literacy rate
- 44.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ARJUN SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Latori
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 497229
Other villages in Latori mandal
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- Kunjnagar
- Satpata
- Kalyanpur
- Karwa
- Latori
- Kaskela
- Maheshpur
- Telaikachhar
- Silphili
- Majira
- Sambalpur
- Ravindra Nagar
- Karampur
- Ganeshpur
- Gangapur
- Akhora Kalan
- Tulsi
- Dwarikanagar
- Sundarganj
- Kumda
- 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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)