Bhalumar observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Bhalumar ranks #33 of 81 villages in Gharghoda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalumar is a village of 839 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Gharghoda tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 33rd-largest of 81 villages in Gharghoda tehsil. Literacy is 73%, 18 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496111, served by Gharghoda post office; the LGD village code is 434702. The sarpanch is RUPABAI RATHIYA, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 989 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhalumar →
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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