Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Semargaon observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
Semargaon is a village in Aamabeda mandal, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh. The village has a population of 199 spread across 36 households with a literacy rate of 27.1%.
By population, Semargaon ranks #48 of 71 villages in Aamabeda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Semargaon is a village of 199 people in 36 households (Census 2011) in Aamabeda tehsil, Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, the 48th-largest of 71 villages in Aamabeda tehsil. Literacy is 27%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Uttar Bastar Kanker district centre, 15 km from Antagarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494635, served by Sambalpur post office; the LGD village code is 448162. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital Kanker, 29 km away. The sarpanch is DILEEP KUMAR HURRA, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 235 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badepinjodi →
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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