Chalni observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Temples near Chalni
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By population, Chalni ranks #19 of 183 villages in Ghughari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chalni is a village of 1,655 people in 373 households (Census 2011) in Ghughari tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 19th-largest of 183 villages in Ghughari tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Mandla district centre, 12 km from Rithi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481664, served by Ghughri post office; the LGD village code is 493101. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 17 km away. The sarpanch is Ramvati Korche, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,951 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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