Malewahi observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Malewahi ranks #75 of 87 villages in Lohandiguda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malewahi is a village of 158 people in 32 households (Census 2011) in Lohandiguda tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 75th-largest of 87 villages in Lohandiguda tehsil. Literacy is 23%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 975 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449164. The sarpanch is BASANTI RANA. The population is estimated at 186 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Erpund →
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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