# Mokha Village, Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Durgkondal, Uttar Bastar Kanker 

# Mokha

Mokha is a village in Durgkondal sub-district of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **493195**. The 2011 Census counted **404 people in 90 households**, the 70th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 404people (2011)
- 90households
- 64.5%literacy
- 493195PIN code

## Mokha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mokha is 493195.** Mokha falls in Durgkondal sub-district, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code493195
- Gram panchayatPedawari
- Community development blockDurgkondal
- Census village code447654

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Mokha from nearby towns?

- Durgkondal (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kanker (district HQ)65 km by road
- Bhanupratappur (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Mokha?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Mokha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Damkasa
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Bhanupratappur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bhanupratappur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Mokha known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and kodo**. About 65% of the 278 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Mokha

Of every 100 households in Mokha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mokha · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**100%

Use banking services ****17%**

**35%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****45%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mokha?

■ Mokha · ■ Durgkondal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1160**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1600**

**972

Working population ****62.6%**

**57.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 51.4% for women. 70% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (62%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 15 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Durgkondal

- Bargaon438 people
- Kondo438 people
- Hanpattari437 people
- Bhurke409 people
- Mahendrapur396 people
- Michesukhi391 people
- Chahachad389 people
- Vainar385 people

[All 150 villages in Durgkondal](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/uttar-bastar-kanker/durgkondal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mokha?493195
- How far is Mokha from Kanker?65 km by road
- What is the population of Mokha?404 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mokha in?Uttar Bastar Kanker district (Durgkondal sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Mokha?64.5% (Census 2011)
