Bitkuli observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Lavan mandal is The Sheorinarayana Temple, together with ruined brick temples in the same compound and the inscription built into the wall of the Chandrachuda temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bitkuli itself.
By population, Bitkuli ranks #17 of 74 villages in Lavan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bitkuli is a village of 2,298 people in 454 households (Census 2011) in Lavan tehsil, Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, Chhattisgarh, the 17th-largest of 74 villages in Lavan tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493332, served by Baloda Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 443782. The sarpanch is lalita kosre, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 2,709 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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