Bakeli observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Kharsia mandal is temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bakeli itself.
By population, Bakeli ranks #92 of 137 villages in Kharsia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bakeli is a village of 608 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Kharsia tehsil, Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, the 92nd-largest of 137 villages in Kharsia tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 66% and the sex ratio is 968 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 496665, served by Chhal post office; the LGD village code is 435212. The sarpanch is aasha bai, and the village votes in Bilaigarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kavita Pran Lahrey. The population is estimated at 717 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bagdewa →
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.
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