Purkela, Lundra

Purkela (पुरकेला) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Lundra Tehsil in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Lundra block. It belongs to Surguja parliament constituency and Lundra assembly constituency. Kallu Ram Nagesh is the President of Purkela Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address purkela-ct@gov.in and mobile number 84354xxx43. The Secretary is Ram Saran Rajwade, who can be reached at email address gppurkela-ct@gov.in and mobile number 97553xxx33. The Panchayat address is Gram Purkela gp Purkela Block Lundra Dist Surguja, Pincode - 497101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Purkela bus stop which is around 5 km away.

As on April 2024, the current population of Purkela is 1 thousands out of which 497 are males and rest 524 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1054 females per 1000 males. There are around 137 teenagers in Purkela. It has literacy rate of 48% which means around 490 persons can read and write. Total 17 people belonging to scheduled caste and 907 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 217 households in Purkela, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 533. The pincode of Purkela is 497101 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Batouli Sub Post office
• Raghunathpur Branch Post office
• Urdara Branch Post office
• Sedam Branch Post office
• Udari Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Middle School Purkela
• Primary School Purkela
• Primary School Nauvapara
• Primary School Kadamdand

Hospitals

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

• Patora Primary Health Center
• Nagam Sub-Center
• Dhourpur Community Health Center
• Batwahi Sub-Center
• Ghutrapara Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Central Bank of India Lundra
• Central Bank of India Udari
• Punjab National Bank Batauli Chhattisgarh
• State Bank of India Batauli

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Kallu Ram Nagesh is the Sarpanch of Purkela Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 84354xxx43 and email is purkela-ct@gov.in.

Panch

Purkela Gram Panchayat has total 13 elected Panch.

1. Sushil Nagesh - Mobile: 93997xxx14 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
2. Hondla Nagesh - Mobile: 93405xxx52 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
3. Jayanti Nagesh - Mobile: 90986xxx25 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
4. Jagmaniya Nagesh - Mobile: 62646xxx07 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
5. Baralo Nagesh - Mobile: 87708xxx43 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
6. Krishna Ram Nagesh - Mobile: 78284xxx62 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
7. Kaleshwari Nagesh - Mobile: 81204xxx03 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
8. Laxmi Shrivash - Mobile: 96691xxx93 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
9. Juliyanush Kujur - Mobile: 81035xxx33 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
10. Munna Ram Ekka - Mobile: 62608xxx48 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
11. Nitesh Gupta - Mobile: 62617xxx61 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
12. Sharda Tirkey - Mobile: 79990xxx39 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in
13. Tej Ram - Mobile: 94061xxx85 - Email: gpraghunathpur01-ct@gov.in

Covered villages

Purkela Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Purkela
• Sikilma