Kapan, Akaltara

Kapan (कपन) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Akaltara Tehsil in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Akaltara block. Shanker Lal Goutam is the President of Kapan Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address jp-akaltara.cg@nic.in and mobile number 98278xxx33. The Secretary is Satish Chaturvedi, who can be reached at email address bprcakaltara@gmail.com and mobile number 98265xxx15. The Panchayat address is Main Road Gram Panchayat Bhawan, Pincode - 495552. You can reach there by taking a bus till Akaltara bus stop which is around 7 km away. The Panchayat has homestay option.

As on January 2025, the current population of Kapan is 4.6 thousands out of which 2.4 thousands are males and rest 2.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 960 females per 1000 males. There are around 500 teenagers in Kapan. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 138 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.1 thousands households in Kapan, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 2.1 thousands. The pincode of Kapan is 495552 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Akaltara Sub Post office
• Bargawan Branch Post office
• Sankar Branch Post office
• Kapan Branch Post office
• Changori Branch Post office

Schools

Kapan has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Shri Saheblal Goutam(Mangtu) Higher Secondary School Kapan
• Gram Bharti Ssm Kapan (Edu)
• Govt Primary School Kapan(Edu)
• Govt Middle School Kapan (Edu)
• Govt Primary School Rampur Kapan (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan)

Hospitals

Kapan has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Sub-Health Center-Jhalmala
• Sub-Health Center Akaltara B
• Sub-Health Center Katghari
• Sub-Health Center Kapan
• Sub-Health Center Suwarmal

Banks

Kapan has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Akaltara
• Central Bank of India Akaltara
• ESAF Small Finance Bank Akaltara
• HDFC Bank Akaltara
• IDBI Bank Akaltara

Panchayat Members

Up Sarpanch

Punni Bai Sandilya is the Up Sarpanch of Kapan Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 83490xxx86 and email is bprcakaltara@gmail.com.

Panch

Kapan Gram Panchayat has total 19 elected Panch.

1. Mamta Chhawadi - Mobile: 99811xxx27 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
2. Rajkumar Ajgalle - Mobile: 93999xxx69 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
3. Nirmala Bai - Mobile: 93298xxx17 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
4. Savita Kashyap - Mobile: 83059xxx04 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
5. Savita Bareth - Mobile: 90987xxx95 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
6. Reetu Yadav - Mobile: 78980xxx92 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
7. Dileshwar Banjare - Mobile: 96852xxx04 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
8. Sharda Kurrey - Mobile: 77738xxx59 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
9. Jamuna Marbal - Mobile: 83199xxx24 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
10. Jai Kumari Verma - Mobile: 62612xxx81 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
11. Purnima Devi - Mobile: 8570138xxx - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
12. Gauri Bai Maravi - Mobile: 95896xxx74 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
13. Ram Kumar Gautam - Mobile: 97549xxx14 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
14. Bhagwati Bai Mansagar - Mobile: 96300xxx15 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
15. Ashwani Kumar Banjare - Mobile: 62606xxx55 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
16. Nidhi Bareth - Mobile: 99072xxx73 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
17. Hemant Kumar Kashyap - Mobile: 94242xxx89 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
18. Brajraj Singh Shandiyla - Mobile: 75099xxx89 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com
19. Mahavir Singh - Mobile: 70240xxx96 - Email: bprcakaltara@gmail.com

Covered villages

Kapan Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Kapan
• Khapridih