Kanhar observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Kanhar ranks #105 of 171 villages in Mandla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanhar is a village of 603 people in 131 households (Census 2011) in Mandla tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 171 villages in Mandla tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 990 women per 1,000 men. It lies 410 km from the Mandla district centre, 18 km from Mohana, the nearest town, 18 km from Mohana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481661, served by Padaw Mandla post office; the LGD village code is 492945. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Sujarma, 26 km away. The sarpanch is NENWATI WARKADE, and the village votes in Panagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sushil Kumar Tiwari (Indu Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 711 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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