Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Sargod observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Sargod ranks #42 of 54 villages in Fingeshwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sargod is a village of 611 people in 127 households (Census 2011) in Fingeshwar tehsil, Gariyaband district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 54 villages in Fingeshwar tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493992, served by Phingeshwar post office; the LGD village code is 444797. The sarpanch is savita sinha , and the village votes in Baloda Bazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tank Ram Verma. The population is estimated at 720 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhendri →
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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