Kandra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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By population, Kandra ranks #74 of 183 villages in Ghughari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kandra is a village of 994 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Ghughari tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 74th-largest of 183 villages in Ghughari tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,054 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481664, served by Ghughri post office; the LGD village code is 493079. The sarpanch is Narendra Kumar Maravi, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,172 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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