Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
Reported by ETV Bharat.
Bhengari observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Arjunda mandal is Karrabaghin madir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bhengari itself.
By population, Bhengari ranks #56 of 61 villages in Arjunda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhengari is a village of 479 people in 89 households (Census 2011) in Arjunda tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 56th-largest of 61 villages in Arjunda tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 72% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491225, served by Arjunda post office; the LGD village code is 442852. The sarpanch is RUPAUTIN BAI, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 565 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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