Newra observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Sankari mandal is Karrabaghin madir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Newra itself.
By population, Newra ranks #6 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Newra is a village of 3,858 people in 822 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 6th-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495112, served by Ganiyari post office; the LGD village code is 438594. The sarpanch is MUNJAN SAHU, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 4,549 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nevara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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