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Matnar

मतनार
Bakavand mandal
Pincode 494222
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Festival

Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Matnar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.

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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in Chhattisgarh

Bastar Dussehra runs about seventy-five days and is tied to Danteshwari rather than to the Ramayana — the longest observance of the festival anywhere.

The regional form observed across Bastar, Chhattisgarh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

Bastar Dussehra, seventy-five days long

Bastar keeps what is reckoned among the longest festivals in the world, roughly seventy-five days, traced to the reign of Purushottam Dev in the thirteenth century. It does not mark Rama's victory over Ravana at all: it honours Danteshwari, the presiding goddess of the region, and is led by the tribal communities of the Bastar division, who bring their own deities to Jagdalpur for it.

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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JAYRAM KASHYAP
Contact: 62****3013
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LGD code
449431
Pincode
494222
Post office
Bakawand
Population
1,687
Households
367
Literacy rate
46.9%
Sex ratio
950 ♀/1000♂
Workers
854
Census 2011 · in context

How Matnar compares

By population, Matnar ranks #17 of 66 villages in Bakavand mandal.

Literacy rate
%
46.9%
+2.2% vs mandal average
Matnar
46.9%
Bakavand mandal
44.7%
Bastar district
46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−60 vs mandal average
Matnar
950
Bakavand mandal
1,010
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
Matnar
4.6
Bakavand mandal
4.2

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Matnar at a glance

Matnar is a village of 1,687 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Bakavand tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 17th-largest of 66 villages in Bakavand tehsil. Literacy is 47%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 45% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 494222, served by Bakawand post office; the LGD village code is 449431. The sarpanch is JAYRAM KASHYAP . The population is estimated at 1,989 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Matnar

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
Yes
Primary school
5
Middle school
1
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
Yes
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
Yes
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
No
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
Yes
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
JAGDALPUR
Distance to nearest town (km)
36
Distance to district HQ (km)
36
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
10
All-weather road
Yes
Gram panchayat (2011)
MATNAR
Total area (ha)
709.22
Irrigated area (ha)
43.59
Forest area (ha)
209.47

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Matnar

LGD code
449431
Pincode
494222
Post office
Bakawand
Population (Census 2011)
1,687
Population (projected 2026)
1,989
Households
367
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
950
Literacy rate
46.9%
Lok Sabha constituency
Bastar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Narayanpur
Member of Parliament
Mahesh Kashyap
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
JAYRAM KASHYAP
Block / Mandal
Bakavand
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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