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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RUPAL USENDI
Contact: 93****7393
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- LGD code
- 447877
- Pincode
- 494334
- Post office
- Kanker Kutchery
- Population
- 464
- Households
- 107
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 244
Census 2011 · in context
How Matwada(Modi) compares
By population, Matwada(Modi) ranks #69 of 100 villages in Kanker mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.3%
+1.2% vs mandal average
- Matwada(Modi)
- 65.3%
- Kanker mandal
- 64.1%
- Uttar Bastar Kanker district
- 60.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
−58 vs mandal average
- Matwada(Modi)
- 958
- Kanker mandal
- 1,016
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Matwada(Modi)
- 4.3
- Kanker mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matwada(Modi) at a glance
Matwada(Modi) is a village of 464 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Kanker tehsil, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, the 69th-largest of 100 villages in Kanker tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494334, served by Kanker Kutchery post office; the LGD village code is 447877. The sarpanch is RUPAL USENDI , and the village votes in Kanker assembly constituency, represented by MLA Asha Ram Netam. The population is estimated at 547 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matwada(Modi)
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KANKER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 3
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MATWADA(MODI)
- Total area (ha)
- 179.45
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.17
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Matwada(Modi)
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Matwada(Modi)
- LGD code
- 447877
- Pincode
- 494334
- Post office
- Kanker Kutchery
- Population (Census 2011)
- 464
- Population (projected 2026)
- 547
- Households
- 107
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 65.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Asha Ram Netam
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RUPAL USENDI
- Block / Mandal
- Kanker
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)