Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
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Padkipali observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Basna mandal is Bhooteshwarnath. No temple of this dedication is on record within Padkipali itself.
By population, Padkipali ranks #172 of 225 villages in Basna mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padkipali is a village of 396 people in 100 households (Census 2011) in Basna tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 172nd-largest of 225 villages in Basna tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493445, served by Mahasamund post office; the LGD village code is 445723. The sarpanch is MANIRAM JAGAT, and the village votes in Sihawa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambika Markam. The population is estimated at 467 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rupapali →
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.
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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.
Centred on Basna mandal
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