Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
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Semradih observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Pachpedi mandal is Phanikeshwar Mahadev Temple, Fingeshwar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Semradih itself.
By population, Semradih ranks #61 of 68 villages in Pachpedi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Semradih is a village of 518 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Pachpedi tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 61st-largest of 68 villages in Pachpedi tehsil. Literacy is 34%, 18 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,106 women per 1,000 men. It lies 47 km from the Bilaspur district centre, 18 km from Bhatapara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 495551, served by Masturi post office; the LGD village code is 438911. The nearest hospital or health centre is Balodabazar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is DILHARAN PATEL, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 611 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jaitpuri →
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.
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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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