Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
Reported by ETV Bharat.
Dumarnara observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Kapu mandal is Shree Shree Shree Sholapuri Mata Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dumarnara itself.
By population, Dumarnara ranks #51 of 60 villages in Kapu mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dumarnara is a village of 484 people in 108 households (Census 2011) in Kapu tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 51st-largest of 60 villages in Kapu tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,123 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496116, served by Dharmajaigarh post office; the LGD village code is 434417. The sarpanch is Ravindra Majhi, and the village votes in Dharsiwa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anuj Sharma. The population is estimated at 571 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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.
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