Chhattisgarh · Updated 2026-10-20
Around Chirmiri the roads and the railway came for the coal, about a century ago, and the town's trade still runs along them.
Chirmiri sits on the coal field in the south of a district formed only in 2022. Its contractors, shops and families already message the businesses that serve them; the question is which replies are free-form and which notes need a template.
For Chirmiri's suppliers to mine contractors, the transporters on the coal roads, the town's shops, schools and coaching centres, MCB's tomato growers and the caterers who serve picnics at Amritdhara and Ramdaha: how the official WhatsApp Business API carries an order from enquiry to payment, and what each message costs in rupees.
See it work
A mining contractor needs safety boots for a crew at Domanhill and writes to a supplier in Chirmiri. Follow the order round the diagram: the top row is replies to the contractor, the bottom row is notes the supplier starts.
A supplier's busiest WhatsApp hours are the top row: a contractor asks for sizes, stock or a quote, and someone answers. Those replies need no approval because the contractor wrote first; the 24-hour service window explains how long that lasts.
The bottom row is the supplier's own messages. Each must be an approved template, and each goes only to a contractor who asked for updates. Keep the date of that request with the order. The India guide covers consent under the DPDP Act.
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Hop 5 of 5: Delivery note to Payment reminder — Bill falls due.
Market brief
From the Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district website, in Hindi, Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Chhattisgarh profile.
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur was carved out of Koriya district and came into existence on 9 September 2022 as Chhattisgarh's 32nd district, with its headquarters at Manendragarh.[2],[1]
Chirmiri is one of its five revenue subdivisions and six tehsils, and has the district's only municipal corporation.[1]
The district covers 4,226.83 sq km and 376 villages, and borders Sidhi, Singrauli, Anuppur and Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh as well as Korba.[1]
The district calls coal its black diamond and main mineral; the Chirmiri coal field lies in its south.[3]
Grade A and B coal comes from Kurasia, Domanhill and Gelhapani, by open-cast and underground mining, and South Eastern Coalfields' general manager's office is at Manendragarh.[3]
The district headquarters is on the Anuppur–Chirmiri and Anuppur–Ambikapur rail routes and NH 43; the district says roads and railway lines were extended for coal about a century ago, under British rule.[2]
Amritdhara and Ramdaha waterfalls, Fossils Park, Sita ki Rasoi and Siddh Baba hill are its main attractions; the waterfalls are at their best in the rains.[4]
Tomato is the district's entry on Invest India's ODOP list.[5]
IBEF calls Chhattisgarh a leading producer of coal, iron ore and dolomite, and Korba the power capital of India.[6]
Four kinds of business in a coal town, from the district's own pages and the ODOP list.
Hardware, safety-gear and spares suppliers serve the contractors and crews working the coal field around Kurasia, Domanhill and Gelhapani.[3]
Trucks run on NH 43 and the roads towards Anuppur and Ambikapur, and consignees want to know when to expect them.[2]
The municipal corporation's shops and classrooms serve the town's families, many of whom already message them about orders and fees.[1]
Tomato is the district's ODOP crop, and families head to Amritdhara and Ramdaha in the rains, ordering food and asking the way.[5],[4]
The district lists Hindi and Chhattisgarhi as its languages. Meta approves each template once per language, and Chhattisgarhi is not one of them.
Write templates in Hindi, with English where a contractor's office prefers it. Inside the 24-hour window your staff can reply in Chhattisgarhi or any language a customer writes in. InfiQ's own support team works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | hi | Delivery notes, reminders and fee notices |
| English (India) | en_IN | Contractors' offices, banks and suppliers' head offices |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
Plans from ₹999 a month, plus each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a delivery note or fee reminder, ₹0.94 for a new-batch announcement to opted-in families, ₹0.14 for a login code and ₹0.145 for each reply to a contractor who asked.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Chirmiri · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. Buyers in Anuppur, Shahdol or Ambikapur have +91 numbers and are billed at the same India rate. Invoices carry your Chhattisgarh GSTIN.
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The tools behind each box of the diagram.
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The counter, the godown and the accounts desk answer one number, with labels for each contractor and private notes on every order.
Learn moreTemplate manager and library
Draft the Hindi delivery, payment and fee templates from the library and track each through Meta's approval.
WhatsApp Coexistence
A shop already answering contractors from the WhatsApp Business app keeps it on the same number while the API runs beside it, within Meta's limits.
Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contractor's or family's yes to updates is stored with its source and time, and a STOP is enforced at platform level.
Nearby
City pages for the nearest markets, nearest first.
Chirmiri's trade runs to the towns around it on both sides of the Madhya Pradesh border; each page looks at its own trades, and the India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Yes, to contractors who asked for updates. A delivery note with the items, the vehicle number and the time is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved once in Hindi. If the contractor replies with a question, your staff can answer freely for 24 hours, each reply at ₹0.145.
No. When a family writes first, your staff can send menus, prices and photos for 24 hours without a template, each a service message at ₹0.145. A confirmation sent days later, after the window, must be an approved utility template.
No. Meta charges by the recipient's country code, not the state, so every +91 number is billed at the India rate: ₹0.19 for a sale note, ₹0.94 for an offer and ₹0.145 for a reply. Invoices carry your Chhattisgarh GSTIN.
No. Chhattisgarhi is not among the languages Meta approves templates in, so templates go in Hindi (hi) or English. Inside the 24-hour window after a customer writes, staff can reply in Chhattisgarhi freely, with no approval needed.
A fee-due reminder or a result for an enrolled student is utility at ₹0.19. News of a new batch sent to families who have not enrolled is marketing at ₹0.94 and needs their opt-in. The shared inbox gives 10 users on Lite, so several teachers can answer replies.
Yes, to consignees who agreed to updates. An arrival time for their own consignment is a utility template at ₹0.19. Start with a 7-day Lite trial, no card needed; once Meta business verification clears, the number is usually live in about two hours.
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
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