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Dargahan

दरगहाँ
Bhakhara mandal
Pincode 493773
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Dargahan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

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Temple in Bhakhara mandal

The principal temple recorded for Bhakhara mandal is Kuleshwar Mahadev Temple, Rajim. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dargahan itself.

Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
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Raipur
PC 08
→VS
Abhanpur
AC 053
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bhuneshwari Sahu
Contact: 62****8911
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LGD code
447024
Pincode
493773
Post office
Dhamtari
Population
1,143
Households
223
Literacy rate
68.3%
Sex ratio
1056 ♀/1000♂
Workers
628
Census 2011 · in context

How Dargahan compares

By population, Dargahan ranks #38 of 71 villages in Bhakhara mandal.

Literacy rate
%
68.3%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Dargahan68.3%
Bhakhara mandal70.0%
Dhamtari district68.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,056
+58 vs mandal average
Dargahan1,056
Bhakhara mandal998
Household size
people per home
5.1
Same as the mandal average
Dargahan5.1
Bhakhara mandal5.1

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Dargahan at a glance

Dargahan is a village of 1,143 people in 223 households (Census 2011) in Bhakhara tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 38th-largest of 71 villages in Bhakhara tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,056 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493773, served by Dhamtari post office; the LGD village code is 447024. The sarpanch is Bhuneshwari Sahu, and the village votes in Abhanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indra Kumar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,348 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Dargahan

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
Yes
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
No
Primary school
1
Middle school
1
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
Yes
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
Yes
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
Yes
Nearest statutory town
DHAMTARI
Distance to nearest town (km)
12
Distance to district HQ (km)
12
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
12
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
BHANPURI
Total area (ha)
316.19
Irrigated area (ha)
231.75
Forest area (ha)
0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Dargahan

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Dargahan

LGD code
447024
Pincode
493773
Post office
Dhamtari
Population (Census 2011)
1,143
Population (projected 2026)
1,348
Households
223
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1056
Literacy rate
68.3%
Lok Sabha constituency
Raipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Abhanpur
Member of Parliament
Brijmohan Agrawal
Member of Legislative Assembly
Indra Kumar Sahu
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Bhuneshwari Sahu
Block / Mandal
Bhakhara
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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