Saraipali
Nickname:  SPL
Saraipali Location in Chhattisgarh, India Show map of Chhattisgarh Saraipali Saraipali (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°20′N 83°00′E / 21.33°N 83.0°E / 21.33; 83.0
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Government
• Type	Nagar Palika
• Body	Nagar Palika Parishad Saraipali
Population  (2011)
• Total	35,118
Languages
• Official	Odia (Sambalpuri), Chhattisgarhi, Marwari
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
493558	493558
Vehicle registration	CG 06

Saraipali is a town in Mahasamund district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. First chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Ravishankar Shukla was elected from here.

Saraipali Tahsil is Mahasamund district's third most populous subdistrict, located in Mahasamund district of the state of Chhattisgarh in India. There are 23,500 villages in the subdistrict; of them, Deogaon is the most populous, with a population of 287,865, and Kabaripali is the least populous. Pali is the largest village in the subdistrict, with an area of 10,000 square kilometres, and Sarangarh is the smallest village, with an area of under 1 square kilometre.

There is only one city in the subdistrict jurisdiction.

Geography

Saraipali is located on the border of Chhattisgarh and Odisha in the Mahasamund district, 157 kilometres (98 mi) east of the state capital, Raipur. The nearest towns are Basna (20 kilometres (12 mi) west), Padampur (37 kilometres (23 mi) south), Bargarh (66 kilometres (41 mi) east) Sarsiwan (40 kilometres (25 mi) north) and Sarangarh (40 kilometres (25 mi) north). It is one of the fastest-growing towns in the Mahasamund district and as of the 2011 census^[update] had a population of approximately 20,118. The town does not have an airport or a railway station, but there are many bus routes connecting with other towns and cities. Saraipali has many banks, finance and insurance companies, vehicle showrooms and other shops.

Politics

The present President of Municipality is Amrit Patel (INC), and MLA of Saraipali is Kismat Lal Nand (INC).

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India,^[1] Saraipali had a population of 20118. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Saraipali has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 63%. In Saraipali, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.