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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
LN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Lilawati neti
Contact: 73****9617
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- LGD code
- 432195
- Pincode
- 496223
- Post office
- Kansabel
- Population
- 1,964
- Households
- 417
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1023 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,016
Census 2011 · in context
How Bonga compares
By population, Bonga ranks #18 of 115 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.8%
−4.4% vs mandal average
- Bonga
- 40.8%
- Pratappur mandal
- 45.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,023
+35 vs mandal average
- Bonga
- 1,023
- Pratappur mandal
- 988
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Bonga
- 4.7
- Pratappur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bonga at a glance
Bonga is a village of 1,964 people in 417 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 18th-largest of 115 villages in Pratappur tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496223, served by Kansabel post office; the LGD village code is 432195. The sarpanch is Lilawati neti, and the village votes in Bhanupratappur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Savitri Manoj Mandavi. The population is estimated at 2,316 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bonga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PRATAPPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BONGA
- Total area (ha)
- 916.48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22.32
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bonga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bonga
- LGD code
- 432195
- Pincode
- 496223
- Post office
- Kansabel
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,964
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,316
- Households
- 417
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1023
- Literacy rate
- 40.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhanupratappur
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Savitri Manoj Mandavi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Lilawati neti
- Block / Mandal
- Pratappur
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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)