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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
mahendra kumar sahu
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- LGD code
- 442906
- Pincode
- 491222
- Post office
- Sikosa
- Population
- 1,268
- Households
- 250
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1065 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 666
- Distance to district centre
- 75 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 84 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 123 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 419 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bhanupratappur · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shivam Health Centre · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mokha compares
By population, Mokha ranks #42 of 98 villages in Gunderdehi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.7%
+2.5% vs mandal average
- Mokha
- 73.7%
- Gunderdehi mandal
- 71.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,065
+56 vs mandal average
- Mokha
- 1,065
- Gunderdehi mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Mokha
- 5.1
- Gunderdehi mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mokha at a glance
Mokha is a village of 1,268 people in 250 households (Census 2011) in Gunderdehi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 98 villages in Gunderdehi tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,065 women per 1,000 men. It lies 75 km from the Balod district centre, 9 km from Bhanupratappur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491222, served by Sikosa post office; the LGD village code is 442906. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shivam Health Centre, 9 km away. The sarpanch is mahendra kumar sahu, and the village votes in Kurud assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Chandrakar. The population is estimated at 1,495 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mokha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNDERDEHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MOKHA
- Total area (ha)
- 376.67
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 227.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mokha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mokha
- LGD code
- 442906
- Pincode
- 491222
- Post office
- Sikosa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,268
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,495
- Households
- 250
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1065
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Coordinates
- 20.32515°N, 80.98274°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kurud
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ajay Chandrakar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- mahendra kumar sahu
- Block / Mandal
- Gunderdehi
Getting there
How to reach Mokha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur123 kmcapital
- Hyderabad419 km
- Kolkata804 km
- Chennai809 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBhanupratappur9 km
- Hospital / PHCShivam Health Centre9 km
- CollegeGovt. Gaind Singh44 km
- Police stationPolice Station44 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)