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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DUKRI KAVDE
Contact: 78****5171
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- LGD code
- 448146
- Pincode
- 494665
- Post office
- Antagarh
- Population
- 331
- Households
- 72
- Literacy rate
- 17.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1082 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 161
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 157 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 407 km
- Nearest railway station
- Antagarh · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Narayanpur Veterinary Hospital · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mechanar compares
By population, Mechanar ranks #28 of 71 villages in Aamabeda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
17.2%
−19.2% vs mandal average
Mechanar17.2%
Aamabeda mandal36.4%
Uttar Bastar Kanker district60.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,082
+60 vs mandal average
Mechanar1,082
Aamabeda mandal1,022
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.4 vs mandal average
Mechanar4.6
Aamabeda mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mechanar at a glance
Mechanar is a village of 331 people in 72 households (Census 2011) in Aamabeda tehsil, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, the 28th-largest of 71 villages in Aamabeda tehsil. Literacy is 17%, 19 points below the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 1,082 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Uttar Bastar Kanker district centre, 33 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494665, served by Antagarh post office; the LGD village code is 448146. The nearest hospital or health centre is Narayanpur Veterinary Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is DUKRI KAVDE, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 390 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mechanar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANTAGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 60
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 140
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 60
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KARMARI
- Total area (ha)
- 279.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 110.36
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mechanar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mechanar
- LGD code
- 448146
- Pincode
- 494665
- Post office
- Antagarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 331
- Population (projected 2026)
- 390
- Households
- 72
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1082
- Literacy rate
- 17.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.86362°N, 81.33493°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Keshkal
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Neelkanth Tekam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DUKRI KAVDE
- Block / Mandal
- Aamabeda
Getting there
How to reach Mechanar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur157 kmcapital
- Hyderabad407 km
- Chennai762 km
- Kolkata788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAntagarh33 km
- Hospital / PHCNarayanpur Veterinary Hospital18 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India32 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)