Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
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Sirmadabri observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Sirmadabri ranks #76 of 101 villages in Pandariya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sirmadabri is a village of 450 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Pandariya tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 76th-largest of 101 villages in Pandariya tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491559, served by Pandaria post office; the LGD village code is 439879. The sarpanch is laxmin bai. The population is estimated at 531 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mohtarakhurd →
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.
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