Pondishankar, Bamhindih

Pondishankar (पोंडीशंकर) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Bamhnidih Tehsil in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Bamhindih block. It belongs to Janjgir Champa parliament constituency and Jaijaipur assembly constituency. Sharda Bai Shikari is the President of Pondishankar Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address shardashikari01@gmail.com and mobile number 88155xxx68. The Panchayat landline number is 9754-41**27. The Secretary is Ritu Bharti, who can be reached at email address bprcbamhnidih@gmail.com and mobile number 70000xxx38. The Panchayat address is Gram Panchayat Pondishakar, Bajar Chauk Pondishankar, Pondishankar 03, Pincode - 495686. You can reach there by taking a bus till Pondishankar bus stop which is less than a km away.

As on December 2024, the current population of Pondishankar is 5.4 thousands out of which 2.7 thousands are males and rest 2.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 996 females per 1000 males. There are around 595 teenagers in Pondishankar. It has literacy rate of 60% which means around 3.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 557 people belonging to scheduled caste and 14 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.1 thousands households in Pondishankar, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.9 thousands. The pincode of Pondishankar is 495660 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bamhni Bazar Sub Post office
• Kamrid Branch Post office
• Kapisda Branch Post office
• Karnaud Branch Post office
• Lakhali Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Swami Viveksnand Higher Secondary School Karnaud
• Pvt. Saraswati Shishu Mandir Bamhanidih
• Lal Bahadur Shastri Higher Secondary School Bamhanidih
• Pt. Devidhar Diwan Govt. Higher Secondary School Afrid
• Shahid N. K. Patel Higher Secondary School Podishankar

Hospitals

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

• Sub-Health Center Pondishankar
• Sub-Health Center Apharid
• Sub-Health Center Devraha
• Primary Health Center Choriya
• Sub-Health Center Basantpur

Banks

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

• Canara Bank Choriya

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Sharda Bai Shikari is the Sarpanch of Pondishankar Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 88155xxx68 and email is shardashikari01@gmail.com.

Up Sarpanch

Vishal Singh Sisodiya is the Up Sarpanch of Pondishankar Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 93403xxx70 and email is pondishankar2026@gmail.com.

Panch

Pondishankar Gram Panchayat has total 19 elected Panch.

1. Dilharan Dheewar - Mobile: 96692xxx63 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
2. Jawahar Lal Banjare - Mobile: 99819xxx02 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
3. Jal Bai Ratre - Mobile: 89659xxx23 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
4. Ramji Sahu - Mobile: 88199xxx93 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
5. Lila Ram Kahara - Mobile: 78694xxx96 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
6. Bhagirathi Yadav - Mobile: 77250xxx28 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
7. Lakshmin Devangan - Mobile: 75663xxx37 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
8. Raju Satnami - Mobile: 62672xxx89 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
9. Sewati Bai Khunte - Mobile: 84358xxx66 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
10. Suhawan Bai Rohidas - Mobile: 93994xxx98 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
11. Indu Bai Sahu - Mobile: 74894xxx71 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
12. Sharda Sahu - Mobile: 97701xxx56 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
13. Laxmin Bai Dewagan - Mobile: 89595xxx32 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
14. Shail Devi Namdev - Mobile: 88898xxx00 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
15. Tuneshwari Kahra - Mobile: 77248xxx63 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
16. Shiv Kumar Dewangan - Mobile: 85190xxx20 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
17. Prem Kumari Kahara - Mobile: 62655xxx26 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
18. Sadh Ram Aditya - Mobile: 91314xxx54 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com
19. Kumari Bai Jaisawal - Mobile: 89596xxx30 - Email: pondishankar2026@gmail.com

Covered villages

Pondishankar Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Kanakpur
• Pondishankar