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Revenue village·Bande tehsil·Uttar Bastar Kanker

Gopalpur

गोपालपुर
Bande mandal
Pincode 494777
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Gopalpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

20 OctObserved in 36 states

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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Gopalpur is a village in Bande mandal, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 423 across 73 households with a literacy rate of 64.3%.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Savita Gota
Contact: 83****4639
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LGD code
448372
Pincode
494777
Post office
Bandecolony
Population
423
Households
73
Literacy rate
64.3%
Sex ratio
905 ♀/1000♂
Workers
141
Distance to district centre
179 km
Distance to mandal centre
237 km
Distance to Raipur
96 km
Distance to Hyderabad
609 km
Nearest railway station
Bagbahra · 32 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Sewabhawan Hospital · 22 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Gopalpur compares

By population, Gopalpur ranks #46 of 95 villages in Bande mandal.

Literacy rate
%
64.3%
+6.8% vs mandal average
Gopalpur64.3%
Bande mandal57.5%
Uttar Bastar Kanker district60.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
905
−53 vs mandal average
Gopalpur905
Bande mandal958
Household size
people per home
5.8
+0.7 vs mandal average
Gopalpur5.8
Bande mandal5.1

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Gopalpur at a glance

Gopalpur is a village of 423 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Bande tehsil, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, the 46th-largest of 95 villages in Bande tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 179 km from the Uttar Bastar Kanker district centre, 32 km from Bagbahra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494777, served by Bandecolony post office; the LGD village code is 448372. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sewabhawan Hospital, 22 km away. The sarpanch is Savita Gota. The population is estimated at 499 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Nearby villages compared

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villagePopulationLiteracyDistance
Gopalpur · this village42364%—
Gopalpur · Ghumka93669%0 km N
Gopalpur · Nawagarh46754%0 km N
Gopalpur · Sarsiwa65965%0 km N
Gopalpur · Latori96952%0 km N
Gopalpur · Raigarh1,56167%0 km N
Gopalpur · Mainpur31774%0 km N

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Gopalpur

Treated tap water
Yes
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
PAKHANJUR
Distance to nearest town (km)
44
Distance to district HQ (km)
170
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
44
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
IRPANAR
Total area (ha)
108.82
Irrigated area (ha)
3.08
Forest area (ha)
12.63

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Gopalpur

LGD code
448372
Pincode
494777
Post office
Bandecolony
Population (Census 2011)
423
Population (projected 2026)
499
Households
73
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
905
Literacy rate
64.3%
Coordinates
21.28837°N, 82.55904°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Bastar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Narayanpur
Member of Parliament
Mahesh Kashyap
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Savita Gota
Block / Mandal
Bande
Getting there

How to reach Gopalpur

Mandal centre
Bande · ≈ 237 km
≈ 8 h 7 min by car · 9 h 38 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Uttar Bastar Kanker · ≈ 179 km
≈ 6 h 7 min by car · 7 h 16 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Raipur96 kmcapital
  • Hyderabad609 km
  • Kolkata616 km
  • Chennai944 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationBagbahra32 km
  • Hospital / PHCSewabhawan Hospital22 km
  • Collegeshyam balaji college52 km
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Sources & freshness
  • 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)
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