Kosalnar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Temples near Kosalnar
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Kosalnar is a village in Chhotedongar mandal, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 578 across 113 households, with a literacy rate of 10.9%. The village is located at 19.155°N, 81.342°E.
By population, Kosalnar ranks #10 of 55 villages in Chhotedongar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kosalnar is a village of 578 people in 113 households (Census 2011) in Chhotedongar tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 10th-largest of 55 villages in Chhotedongar tehsil. Literacy is 11%, 22 points below the tehsil average of 33% and the sex ratio is 1,072 women per 1,000 men. It lies 49 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 25 km from Gidam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 449764. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dantewada, 29 km away. The sarpanch is Junay Korram. The population is estimated at 681 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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