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Lamani observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Lormi mandal is Siddheshwar Mandir, Palari. No temple of this dedication is on record within Lamani itself.
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.
By population, Lamani ranks #114 of 170 villages in Lormi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lamani is a village of 634 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Lormi tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 114th-largest of 170 villages in Lormi tehsil. Literacy is 49%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 791 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495113, served by Kargi Road post office; the LGD village code is 437892. The sarpanch is Khusbu agrawal, and the village votes in Baloda Bazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tank Ram Verma. The population is estimated at 747 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lamni →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamani · this village | 634 | 49% | — |
| Atariya · Lormi | 668 | 50% | — |
| Ranjki · Lormi | 333 | 30% | — |
| Chhirhatta · Lormi | 94 | 26% | — |
| Birarpani · Lormi | 75 | 39% | — |
| Kuba · Lormi | 0 | — | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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.
Centred on Lormi mandal
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