Chitapur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Temples near Chitapur
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By population, Chitapur ranks #3 of 55 villages in Darbha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitapur is a village of 3,267 people in 690 households (Census 2011) in Darbha tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 3rd-largest of 55 villages in Darbha tehsil. Literacy is 26%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 31% and the sex ratio is 1,112 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Bastar district centre, 6 km from Bade Arapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494442, served by Tokapal Rajoor post office; the LGD village code is 449595. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Medical College Hospital, Bastar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is DURGAVATI NAG, and the village votes in Chitrakot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vinayak Goyal. The population is estimated at 500 in 2026, down 85% 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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