Matnar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Matnar ranks #17 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matnar is a village of 1,687 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 17th-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449431. The sarpanch is JAYRAM KASHYAP . The population is estimated at 1,989 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Matnar →
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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