Muchnar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Temples near Muchnar
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Barsur mandal is Ancient sculpture in Danteswari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Muchnar itself.
Muchnar is a village in Barsur mandal, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 1,301 across 335 households with a literacy rate of 39.5%. The village is located at coordinates 19.127°N, 81.346°E.
By population, Muchnar ranks #3 of 29 villages in Barsur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muchnar is a village of 1,301 people in 335 households (Census 2011) in Barsur tehsil, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, the 3rd-largest of 29 villages in Barsur tehsil. Literacy is 40%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 34% and the sex ratio is 1,008 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district centre, 22 km from Gidam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494441, served by Geedam post office; the LGD village code is 450126. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dantewada, 26 km away. The sarpanch is devti bhaskar, and the village votes in Dantewada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chaitram Atami. The population is estimated at 1,534 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Muchnar →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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