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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
FULSAI
Contact: 88****2113
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- LGD code
- 433361
- Pincode
- 497101
- Post office
- Batouli
- Population
- 591
- Households
- 126
- Literacy rate
- 33.3%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 303
Census 2011 · in context
How Ghaghari compares
By population, Ghaghari ranks #92 of 112 villages in Lundra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.3%
−11.6% vs mandal average
Ghaghari33.3%
Lundra mandal44.9%
Surguja district50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+15 vs mandal average
Ghaghari997
Lundra mandal982
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
Ghaghari4.7
Lundra mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ghaghari at a glance
Ghaghari is a village of 591 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Lundra tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 92nd-largest of 112 villages in Lundra tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 12 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497101, served by Batouli post office; the LGD village code is 433361. The sarpanch is FULSAI, and the village votes in Kurud assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Chandrakar. The population is estimated at 697 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ghaghari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 55
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GAGOLI
- Total area (ha)
- 363
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 86
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ghaghari
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ghaghari
- LGD code
- 433361
- Pincode
- 497101
- Post office
- Batouli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 591
- Population (projected 2026)
- 697
- Households
- 126
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 33.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kurud
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Chandrakar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- FULSAI
- Block / Mandal
- Lundra
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View all 60+ →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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)