Banwar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Banwar ranks #81 of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banwar is a village of 542 people in 116 households (Census 2011) in Poundi-Uproda tehsil, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the 81st-largest of 130 villages in Poundi-Uproda tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 11 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 971 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495445, served by Katghora post office; the LGD village code is 436052. The sarpanch is JAJMAN SINGH KANWAR, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 639 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khodri (Tuman) →
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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