Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
Reported by Land Conflict Watch.
Pathanapara observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Hardibazar mandal is Arang Jain temples. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pathanapara itself.
By population, Pathanapara ranks #42 of 48 villages in Hardibazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pathanapara is a village of 567 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Hardibazar tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 42nd-largest of 48 villages in Hardibazar tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495446, served by Hardi Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 436236. The sarpanch is CHHAT BAI KANVAR, and the village votes in Arang assembly constituency, represented by MLA Guru Khushwant Saheb. The population is estimated at 668 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Litiyakhar →
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 Hardibazar mandal
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