Chhattisgarh teacher carries infant across swollen river to reach school
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Pendri observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Daundi mandal is siyadevi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pendri itself.
By population, Pendri ranks #56 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pendri is a village of 804 people in 143 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 56th-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 491230; the LGD village code is 443281. The sarpanch is TIJAN KRISHAN, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 948 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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