Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Deori observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Pithora mandal is Kuleshwar Mahadev Temple, Rajim. No temple of this dedication is on record within Deori itself.
Deori is a village in Pithora mandal, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, with a population of 991 across 215 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.1% and is located at coordinates 20.305°N, 81.633°E.
By population, Deori ranks #69 of 248 villages in Pithora mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Deori is a village of 991 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Pithora tehsil, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, the 69th-largest of 248 villages in Pithora tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 12 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. It lies 78 km from the Mahasamund district centre, 46 km from Dhamtari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 492112, served by Sankra (Mahasamund) post office; the LGD village code is 446464. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Sarona, 3 km away. The sarpanch is gunja nayak, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,168 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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