Chakwe observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Chakwe ranks #48 of 95 villages in Arang mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakwe is a village of 1,466 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Arang tehsil, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, the 48th-largest of 95 villages in Arang tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,076 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 493225, served by Kharora post office; the LGD village code is 444466. The sarpanch is HAJARU NISHAD, and the village votes in Bindranawagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janak Ram Dhruw. The population is estimated at 1,728 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chakwe →
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 Arang mandal
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