Dhodhatarai observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Barpali mandal is sitla mandir mahasamund. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dhodhatarai itself.
By population, Dhodhatarai ranks #11 of 85 villages in Barpali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhodhatarai is a village of 2,246 people in 496 households (Census 2011) in Barpali tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 11th-largest of 85 villages in Barpali tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495674, served by Bhaisma post office; the LGD village code is 436480. The sarpanch is sita dhanwar, and the village votes in Mahasamund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogeshwar Raju Sinha. The population is estimated at 2,648 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhodhatarai →
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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