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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Pradeep singh markam
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- LGD code
- 433174
- Pincode
- 497117
- Post office
- Udaipur
- Population
- 812
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1005 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 431
- Distance to district centre
- 270 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 258 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 304 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 586 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sansartali · 37 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Bisam · 34 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ramnagar compares
By population, Ramnagar ranks #44 of 87 villages in Udaypur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.4%
−5.3% vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 42.4%
- Udaypur mandal
- 47.7%
- Surguja district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,005
+21 vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 1,005
- Udaypur mandal
- 984
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 4.7
- Udaypur mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ramnagar at a glance
Ramnagar is a village of 812 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Udaypur tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 44th-largest of 87 villages in Udaypur tehsil. Literacy is 42%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. It lies 270 km from the Surguja district centre, 37 km from Sansartali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497117, served by Udaipur post office; the LGD village code is 433174. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bisam, 34 km away. The sarpanch is Pradeep singh markam, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 957 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ramnagar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAMNAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 391
- Forest area (ha)
- 116
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ramnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ramnagar
- LGD code
- 433174
- Pincode
- 497117
- Post office
- Udaipur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 812
- Population (projected 2026)
- 957
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1005
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Coordinates
- 19.44295°N, 83.82038°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sihawa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambika Markam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Pradeep singh markam
- Block / Mandal
- Udaypur
Getting there
How to reach Ramnagar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur304 kmcapital
- Kolkata586 km
- Hyderabad607 km
- Chennai802 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSansartali37 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bisam34 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management55 km
- Police stationl. police station51 km
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- 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, 2026-09-10
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