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Jarha Khar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Kukrel mandal is danteshwari mata mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Jarha Khar itself.
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.
By population, Jarha Khar ranks #60 of 84 villages in Kukrel mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jarha Khar is a village of 275 people in 68 households (Census 2011) in Kukrel tehsil, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, the 60th-largest of 84 villages in Kukrel tehsil. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,115 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493773, served by Dhamtari post office; the LGD village code is 447182. The sarpanch is kamleshwari dhruw, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 324 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Katakurridih →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarha Khar · this village | 275 | 63% | — |
| Kantakurri · Kukrel | 517 | 67% | — |
| Siraudkhurd · Kukrel | 482 | 63% | — |
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 Kukrel mandal
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