Kosmi observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Kosmi is a village in Bakavand mandal, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 2,529 across 658 households. The village has a literacy rate of 36% and is located at coordinates 20.125°N, 81.794°E with PIN code 494222.
By population, Kosmi ranks #8 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kosmi is a village of 2,529 people in 658 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 8th-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 36%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 1,058 women per 1,000 men. It lies 94 km from the Bastar district centre, 69 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449482. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital Keshkal, 22 km away. The sarpanch is NEELAM KUMAR KASHYAP . The population is estimated at 2,982 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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