Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Palaridand observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Palaridand ranks #99 of 105 villages in Sonhat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palaridand is a village of 67 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Sonhat tehsil, Korea district, Chhattisgarh, the 99th-largest of 105 villages in Sonhat tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497339, served by Churcha Colly post office; the LGD village code is 431562. The sarpanch is Dilbasiya, and the village votes in Lormi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Sao. The population is estimated at 79 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tanjara →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaridand · this village | 67 | 46% | — |
| Tanjara · Sonhat | 436 | 55% | — |
| Thakurhathi · Sonhat | 143 | 48% | — |
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 Sonhat mandal
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