Paraghat observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Paraghat ranks #11 of 51 villages in Masturi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paraghat is a village of 2,911 people in 647 households (Census 2011) in Masturi tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 11th-largest of 51 villages in Masturi tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495550, served by Jairam Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 438839. The sarpanch is MADHAVI SONI, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 3,432 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Paraghat →
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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