Manikchauri observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Manikchauri ranks #5 of 99 villages in Pipariya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Manikchauri is a village of 2,518 people in 544 households (Census 2011) in Pipariya tehsil, Kabeerdham district, Chhattisgarh, the 5th-largest of 99 villages in Pipariya tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491995, served by Kawardha post office; the LGD village code is 439156. The sarpanch is Ramnath Mohale, and the village votes in Dhamtari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Onkar Sahu. The population is estimated at 2,969 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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