Sanwatal 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 Sanwatal itself.
By population, Sanwatal ranks #57 of 71 villages in Sankari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sanwatal is a village of 854 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Sankari tehsil, Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, the 57th-largest of 71 villages in Sankari tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495220, served by Chakarbhata Camp post office; the LGD village code is 438626. The sarpanch is RAJESHWAR MEHAR, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,007 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Saketi →
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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