Barima observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Barima is a village in Mainpat mandal, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 2,115 across 447 households, with a literacy rate of 30.6%.
By population, Barima ranks #9 of 46 villages in Mainpat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barima is a village of 2,115 people in 447 households (Census 2011) in Mainpat tehsil, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, the 9th-largest of 46 villages in Mainpat tehsil. Literacy is 31%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 39% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 132 km from the Surguja district centre, 41 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 497001, served by Ambikapur Nyalaya post office; the LGD village code is 433554. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hospital Pharasgaon, 21 km away. The sarpanch is SUMILA MANJHI , and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 2,494 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barima →
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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