Mardel observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Daundi mandal is siyadevi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mardel itself.
Mardel is a village in Daundi mandal, Balod district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 300 across 67 households, with a literacy rate of 70.7%. The village is located at coordinates 20.364°N, 81.108°E.
By population, Mardel ranks #86 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mardel is a village of 300 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 86th-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Balod district centre, 9 km from Gudum railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491230; the LGD village code is 443323. The nearest hospital or health centre is Shivam Health Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MANKI BAI KOMRE, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 354 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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