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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sukhman Patbandhi
Contact: 98****4535
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- LGD code
- 432186
- Pincode
- 497223
- Post office
- Pratappur (Surguja)
- Population
- 131
- Households
- 32
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Sex ratio
- 899 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 65
Census 2011 · in context
How Archoka compares
By population, Archoka ranks #114 of 115 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.1%
+5.9% vs mandal average
- Archoka
- 51.1%
- Pratappur mandal
- 45.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
899
−89 vs mandal average
- Archoka
- 899
- Pratappur mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Archoka
- 4.1
- Pratappur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Archoka at a glance
Archoka is a village of 131 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 114th-largest of 115 villages in Pratappur tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 899 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497223, served by Pratappur (Surguja) post office; the LGD village code is 432186. The sarpanch is Sukhman Patbandhi, and the village votes in Bhanupratappur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Savitri Manoj Mandavi. The population is estimated at 154 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archoka · this village | 131 | 51% | — |
| Bhel Kachh · Pratappur | 571 | 46% | — |
| Dhuria · Pratappur | 258 | 42% | — |
| Pendari · Pratappur | 128 | 63% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Archoka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- PRATAPPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 64
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 104
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 64
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BHEL KACHH
- Total area (ha)
- 127.7
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.65
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.9
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Archoka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Archoka
- LGD code
- 432186
- Pincode
- 497223
- Post office
- Pratappur (Surguja)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 131
- Population (projected 2026)
- 154
- Households
- 32
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 899
- Literacy rate
- 51.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanupratappur
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Savitri Manoj Mandavi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sukhman Patbandhi
- Block / Mandal
- Pratappur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 497223
- GhumadandPratappur mandal3,220 pop
- SongaraPratappur mandal2,831 pop
- ShyamnagarPratappur mandal2,334 pop
- BanshipurPratappur mandal2,203 pop
- BojhaPratappur mandal1,986 pop
- Shakalpur (Semariya)Pratappur mandal1,953 pop
- BarbaspurPratappur mandal1,866 pop
- DuratiPratappur mandal1,825 pop
- SautarPratappur mandal1,563 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Archoka
Other villages in Pratappur mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)