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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SATI BAI SAHU
Contact: 70****8724
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- LGD code
- 443474
- Pincode
- 493101
- Post office
- Simga
- Population
- 616
- Households
- 121
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 272
Census 2011 · in context
How Tarponga compares
By population, Tarponga ranks #67 of 78 villages in Simga mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Tarponga
- 61.5%
- Simga mandal
- 59.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
−76 vs mandal average
- Tarponga
- 925
- Simga mandal
- 1,001
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Tarponga
- 5.1
- Simga mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tarponga at a glance
Tarponga is a village of 616 people in 121 households (Census 2011) in Simga tehsil, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, the 67th-largest of 78 villages in Simga tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493101, served by Simga post office; the LGD village code is 443474. The sarpanch is SATI BAI SAHU. The population is estimated at 726 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tarponga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHATAPARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 63
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHEKUNA
- Total area (ha)
- 206
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 11.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tarponga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tarponga
- LGD code
- 443474
- Pincode
- 493101
- Post office
- Simga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 616
- Population (projected 2026)
- 726
- Households
- 121
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahasamund
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khallari
- Member of Parliament
- Rupkumari Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SATI BAI SAHU
- Block / Mandal
- Simga
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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
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