Dewakar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Sargaon mandal is The Sheorinarayana Temple, together with ruined brick temples in the same compound and the inscription built into the wall of the Chandrachuda temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dewakar itself.
By population, Dewakar ranks #40 of 51 villages in Sargaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dewakar is a village of 561 people in 126 households (Census 2011) in Sargaon tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 40th-largest of 51 villages in Sargaon tehsil. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,055 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495224, served by Bilha post office; the LGD village code is 438488. The sarpanch is shankar, and the village votes in Kasdol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sandeep Sahu. The population is estimated at 661 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhuma →
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 Sargaon mandal
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