Protected areas, tribal land rights and community resistance: The conflict inside Chhattisgarh's Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
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Sodhi observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Pathariya mandal is Phanikeshwar Mahadev Temple, Fingeshwar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sodhi itself.
By population, Sodhi ranks #78 of 101 villages in Pathariya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sodhi is a village of 566 people in 136 households (Census 2011) in Pathariya tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 78th-largest of 101 villages in Pathariya tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 993 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495335, served by Patharia post office; the LGD village code is 438437. The sarpanch is dhaneshwar gahire, and the village votes in Rajim assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rohit Sahu. The population is estimated at 667 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sodhi Ni →
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 Pathariya mandal
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