Surguja
Ambikapur — nationally recognised solid-waste model; Mainpat plateau.
HQ Ambikapur
Delivery score
75.8
Rank 10 of 33
Population
8.4 lakh
840,000 (approx.)
Open grievances
5
of 6 · resolved in time 100%
Below poverty line
39.8%
Literacy 64.8% · ST 55%
Delivery
| Indicator | District | State | Target | Compared with the state | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charge-sheeting rate Home (Police) & Jail | 76.9 % | 79.0 | 90.0 | 3% worse than the state | 22 / 33 |
| Mahtari Vandan DBT success Women & Child Development | 97.2 % | 97.0 | 99.5 | In line with the state | 12 / 33 |
| Rural power supply Energy | 22.7 hrs/day | 22.4 | 24.0 | In line with the state | 11 / 33 |
| Institutional deliveries Public Health & Family Welfare | 88.1 % | 86.0 | 95.0 | In line with the state | 10 / 33 |
| Child stunting (under 5) Women & Child Development | 33.3 % | 34.0 | 25.0 | In line with the state | 15 / 33 |
| ODF-Plus model villages Panchayat & Rural Development | 79.9 % | 78.0 | 100.0 | In line with the state | 13 / 33 |
| Urban solid waste processed Urban Administration & Development | 73.1 % | 72.0 | 100.0 | In line with the state | 16 / 33 |
| Full immunisation (12-23 months) Public Health & Family Welfare | 83.3 % | 80.0 | 95.0 | 4% better than the state | 11 / 33 |
| Malaria annual parasite incidence Public Health & Family Welfare | 2.0 per 1,000 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 5% better than the state | 14 / 33 |
| Rural households with tap water Public Health Engineering | 85.6 % | 81.0 | 100.0 | 6% better than the state | 11 / 33 |
| PM Awas (Gramin) houses completed Panchayat & Rural Development | 72.1 % | 68.0 | 100.0 | 6% better than the state | 11 / 33 |
| Forest-rights titles digitised Tribal, OBC & Minority Development | 65.9 % | 62.0 | 100.0 | 6% better than the state | 16 / 33 |
| MSME registrations per lakh Commerce & Industry | 337.2 /lakh | 310.0 | 500.0 | 9% better than the state | 10 / 33 |
| Secondary enrolment (GER) School Education | 75.1 % | 67.0 | 90.0 | 12% better than the state | 6 / 33 |
| Dial-112 response time Home (Police) & Jail | 14.7 min | 17.0 | 10.0 | 14% better than the state | 5 / 33 |
| Services delivered online Good Governance & Convergence | 62.3 % | 54.0 | 85.0 | 15% better than the state | 9 / 33 |
| Paddy payment turnaround Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection | 3.3 days | 4.0 | 2.0 | 18% better than the state | 5 / 33 |
| Grade-3 foundational learning School Education | 57.2 % | 48.0 | 75.0 | 19% better than the state | 7 / 33 |
Who is accountable
DM
Collector & District Magistrate, Surguja
Collector & District Magistrate
SP
Superintendent of Police, Surguja
Superintendent of Police
PM
Prabodh Minz
Member of Legislative Assembly
RT
Ramkumar Toppo
Member of Legislative Assembly
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Social profile
ReligionCaste & communityEconomic strata
- 2023 Assembly vote share
- BJP 49.6% · INC 41.8% · Others 8.6%
- Assembly seats
- 3 of 3 held by the CM's party · average margin 8.3 pts · political map →
- Literacy (female)
- 64.8% (52.0%) · graduates 7.2%
- Per-capita income
- ₹94 thousand
- Crime per lakh
- 229 · against women 47.2 · cyber 20.9
- LWE incidents (12 mo)
- 0
- Diversity indices
- Religious 13.5 · community 58.9 · political competitiveness 79.2
On the ground
Projects
- Completed 100% · Regional flights operational.
Urban bodies
- Ambikapur Municipal Corporation145,000 people · waste processed 96.0%
Live alerts
- No open alerts.
Open grievances
- Revenue & Disaster Management · 2 days, 9 hours ago
- Social Welfare · 1 week ago
- Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection · 2 weeks, 2 days ago
- Home (Police) & Jail · 1 month, 1 week ago
- Urban Administration & Development · 2 months ago · past time limit
Heritage and strategic assets
- Godna & Sarguja wall artCrafts & GI — Tattoo-derived textile art and Rajwar clay-relief painting.
- MainpatHeritage & nature sites — Plateau hill station with a Tibetan settlement.
- Ramgarh — Sita Bengra cavesHeritage & nature sites — Among the world's oldest theatre sites; on the Ram Van Gaman path.
- Hasdeo Arand coalfield & forestMines & minerals — Coal blocks within a dense, contested forest landscape.
- Maa Mahamaya Airport, AmbikapurAirports — Gateway to Surguja.
Simulated demo data — district figures are modelled for demonstration; election results, portfolios, schemes and budget size are from public sources. Admin