Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Sakti Pani observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Sakti Pani ranks #150 of 244 villages in Bodla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakti Pani is a village of 305 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Bodla tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 150th-largest of 244 villages in Bodla tehsil. Literacy is 31%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 981 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491995, served by Kawardha post office; the LGD village code is 439328. The sarpanch is nawal singn tekam, and the village votes in Kurud assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Chandrakar. The population is estimated at 360 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dholbajja →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakti Pani · this village | 305 | 31% | — |
| Dholbajja · Bodla | 656 | 24% | — |
| Newratola · Bodla | 472 | 29% | — |
| Makkekonha · Bodla | 161 | 12% | — |
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 Bodla mandal
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