Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Reported by Land Conflict Watch.
Khutadih observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Ratanpur mandal is Deokirari Shiv temple, Kirari Godi, Chhattisgarh. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khutadih itself.
By population, Khutadih ranks #41 of 48 villages in Ratanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khutadih is a village of 499 people in 133 households (Census 2011) in Ratanpur tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 41st-largest of 48 villages in Ratanpur tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495442, served by Ratanpur (Bilaspur) post office; the LGD village code is 438068. The sarpanch is DHIRENDRA GADHEWAL, and the village votes in Bilha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dharam Lal Kaushik. The population is estimated at 588 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Melnadih →
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.
Centred on Ratanpur mandal
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