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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SAWITA SINGH
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- LGD code
- 432531
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population
- 364
- Households
- 80
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 104
Census 2011 · in context
How Morbhanj compares
By population, Morbhanj ranks #54 of 62 villages in Latori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.9%
−11.4% vs mandal average
- Morbhanj
- 42.9%
- Latori mandal
- 54.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
−52 vs mandal average
- Morbhanj
- 926
- Latori mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
- Morbhanj
- 4.6
- Latori mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Morbhanj at a glance
Morbhanj is a village of 364 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Latori tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 54th-largest of 62 villages in Latori tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497229, served by Surajpur post office; the LGD village code is 432531. The sarpanch is SAWITA SINGH, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 429 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Morbhanj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- AMBIKAPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 9
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 31
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- AJABNAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 185.4
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Morbhanj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Morbhanj
- LGD code
- 432531
- Pincode
- 497229
- Post office
- Surajpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 364
- Population (projected 2026)
- 429
- Households
- 80
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 42.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Raipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arang
- Member of Parliament
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Guru Khushwant Saheb
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SAWITA SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Latori
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 497229
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Morbhanj
Other villages in Latori mandal
View all 60+ →- Jainagar
- Kunjnagar
- Satpata
- Kalyanpur
- Karwa
- Latori
- Kaskela
- Maheshpur
- Telaikachhar
- Silphili
- Majira
- Sambalpur
- Ravindra Nagar
- Karampur
- Ganeshpur
- Padipa
- Gangapur
- Akhora Kalan
- Tulsi
- Dwarikanagar
- Sundarganj
- Kumda
- Harratikra
- Haripur
- Kamalpur
- Amgaon
- Sanjay Nagar
- Anujnagar
- Pathakpur
- Biharpur
- Brajnagar
- Ajabnagar
- Kanakpur
- Kasalgiri
- Chhatarpur
- Birpur
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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)