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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
nirali shankar khesh
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- LGD code
- 434612
- Pincode
- 496113
- Post office
- Lailunga
- Population
- 613
- Households
- 165
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 880 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 370
Census 2011 · in context
How Pokdega compares
By population, Pokdega ranks #22 of 29 villages in Mukdega mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Pokdega
- 53.3%
- Mukdega mandal
- 51.7%
- Raigarh district
- 63.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
880
−136 vs mandal average
- Pokdega
- 880
- Mukdega mandal
- 1,016
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Pokdega
- 3.7
- Mukdega mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokdega at a glance
Pokdega is a village of 613 people in 165 households (Census 2011) in Mukdega tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 22nd-largest of 29 villages in Mukdega tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496113, served by Lailunga post office; the LGD village code is 434612. The sarpanch is nirali shankar khesh, and the village votes in Rajnandgaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Raman Singh. The population is estimated at 723 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Narayanpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokdega · this village | 613 | 53% | — |
| Narayanpur · Mukdega | 2,000 | 55% | — |
| Kodamai · Mukdega | 612 | 45% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokdega
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAILUNGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 88
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NARAYANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 226.31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3.75
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokdega
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pokdega
- LGD code
- 434612
- Pincode
- 496113
- Post office
- Lailunga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 613
- Population (projected 2026)
- 723
- Households
- 165
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 880
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajnandgaon
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnandgaon
- Member of Parliament
- Santosh Pandey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Raman Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- nirali shankar khesh
- Block / Mandal
- Mukdega
- Nearest PHC
- Esi Dispensary, Tumdibod (13.5 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Musra (16.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 496113
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Pokdega
Other villages in Mukdega mandal
View all 28 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)