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Carrying infant, Chhattisgarh teacher wades through swollen river to teach in cut-off village
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAIMANGAL SINGH
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- LGD code
- 432506
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population
- 866
- Households
- 174
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1112 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 479
- Distance to district centre
- 248 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 232 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 260 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 584 km
- Nearest railway station
- Muniguda · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Skin Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mohanpur compares
By population, Mohanpur ranks #46 of 62 villages in Latori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.1%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Mohanpur
- 52.1%
- Latori mandal
- 54.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,112
+134 vs mandal average
- Mohanpur
- 1,112
- Latori mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Mohanpur
- 5.0
- Latori mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohanpur at a glance
Mohanpur is a village of 866 people in 174 households (Census 2011) in Latori tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 46th-largest of 62 villages in Latori tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,112 women per 1,000 men. It lies 248 km from the Surajpur district centre, 6 km from Muniguda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497229, served by Surajpur post office; the LGD village code is 432506. The nearest hospital or health centre is Skin Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is JAIMANGAL SINGH, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 1,021 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mohanpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 45
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MOHANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 407.13
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 31.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mohanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mohanpur
- LGD code
- 432506
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 866
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,021
- Households
- 174
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1112
- Literacy rate
- 52.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.67804°N, 83.47567°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JAIMANGAL SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Latori
Getting there
How to reach Mohanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur260 kmcapital
- Hyderabad584 km
- Kolkata600 km
- Chennai809 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMuniguda6 km
- Hospital / PHCSkin Hospital7 km
- Police stationl. police station54 km
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)