Podipa, Ambikapur

Podipa (पोड़ीया) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Darima Tehsil in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Ambikapur block. It belongs to Surguja parliament constituency and Lundra assembly constituency. Dinesh Kujur is the President of Podipa Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address gppodipa@gmail.com and mobile number 62646xxx25. The Secretary is Tulsi Ram, who can be reached at email address gppodipa1@gmail.com and mobile number 70676xxx41. The Panchayat address is Gram Panchayat Pampapur, Block Ambikapur, Distt Surguja, Pincode - 497001. You can reach there by taking a bus till 2 bus stop which is around 2 km away.

As on April 2024, the current population of Podipa is 1.4 thousands out of which 675 are males and rest 684 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1013 females per 1000 males. There are around 184 teenagers in Podipa. It has literacy rate of 46% which means around 631 persons can read and write. Total 14 people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.1 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 274 households in Podipa, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 360. The pincode of Podipa is 497001 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ambikapur Head Post office
• Funduldihari Sub Post office
• Ambikapur Town Sub Post office
• Ambikapur Nyalaya Sub Post office
• Arabalrampur Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Middle School Pvt. Nirmala Junadih
• Govt.Primary School Podipa
• Govt.Primary School Lavaidih

Hospitals

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

• Sub-Health Center Manjira
• Primary Health Center Kamalpur
• Sub-Health Center Sundarganj
• Sub-Health Center Aamgaon
• Primary Health Center Ajabnagar

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Abhanpur, Raipur, CH
• Bank of Baroda Ring Road Ambikapur
• Bank of Baroda Bhittikala
• Bank of Baroda Ambikapur
• Bank of Baroda Ambikapur

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Dinesh Kujur is the Sarpanch of Podipa Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 62646xxx25 and email is gppodipa@gmail.com.

Up Sarpanch

Geeta Panna is the Up Sarpanch of Podipa Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 79097xxx19 and email is gppodipa@gmail.com.

Panch

Podipa Gram Panchayat has total 10 elected Panch.

1. Kusum Kujur - Mobile: 62687xxx63 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
2. Jeevan Ekka - Mobile: 62689xxx95 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
3. Meghnath Kerketta - Mobile: 78988xxx85 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
4. Sampati Minj - Mobile: 91653xxx49 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
5. Kedarnath Kewat - Mobile: 62688xxx88 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
6. Sudaho Nageshiya - Mobile: 97536xxx94 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
7. Mangali Minj - Mobile: 62672xxx45 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
8. Sobhanti Xaxa - Mobile: 62688xxx98 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
9. Vijay Lal Kerketta - Mobile: 91315xxx50 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com
10. Jagdish Minj - Mobile: 91658xxx75 - Email: gppodipa@gmail.com

Covered villages

Podipa Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.

• Podipa