Kandanar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Darbha mandal is Dodrepal Temple, Chhotegud Chhattisgarh. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kandanar itself.
By population, Kandanar ranks #29 of 55 villages in Darbha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandanar is a village of 737 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Darbha tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 29th-largest of 55 villages in Darbha tehsil. Literacy is 12%, 20 points below the tehsil average of 31% and the sex ratio is 820 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Bastar district centre, 3 km from Kumhar Sodra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494115, served by Tongpal post office; the LGD village code is 449625. The nearest hospital or health centre is Tongpal Hospital, 27 km away. The sarpanch is SAKARAM BAGHEL, and the village votes in Chitrakot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vinayak Goyal. The population is estimated at 869 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kandanar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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