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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Roopwati
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- LGD code
- 431576
- Pincode
- 497339
- Post office
- Churcha Colly
- Population
- 474
- Households
- 110
- Literacy rate
- 84.6%
- Sex ratio
- 983 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 278
Census 2011 · in context
How Orgai compares
By population, Orgai ranks #36 of 105 villages in Sonhat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.6%
+28.1% vs mandal average
- Orgai
- 84.6%
- Sonhat mandal
- 56.5%
- Korea district
- 60.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
983
+8 vs mandal average
- Orgai
- 983
- Sonhat mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Orgai
- 4.3
- Sonhat mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Orgai at a glance
Orgai is a village of 474 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Sonhat tehsil, Korea district, Chhattisgarh, the 36th-largest of 105 villages in Sonhat tehsil. Literacy is 85%, 28 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497339, served by Churcha Colly post office; the LGD village code is 431576. The sarpanch is Roopwati, and the village votes in Lormi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Sao. The population is estimated at 559 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kailashpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orgai · this village | 474 | 85% | — |
| Kailashpur · Sonhat | 852 | 60% | — |
| Telimuda · Sonhat | 393 | 74% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Orgai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- 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
- BAIKUNTHPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KAILASHPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 236.88
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.22
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.66
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Orgai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Orgai
- LGD code
- 431576
- Pincode
- 497339
- Post office
- Churcha Colly
- Population (Census 2011)
- 474
- Population (projected 2026)
- 559
- Households
- 110
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 983
- Literacy rate
- 84.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bilaspur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lormi
- Member of Parliament
- Tokhan Sahu
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arun Sao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Roopwati
- Block / Mandal
- Sonhat
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)