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Udka observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
The principal temple recorded for Mungeli mandal is rameshwaram mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Udka 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, Udka ranks #82 of 233 villages in Mungeli mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Udka is a village of 751 people in 188 households (Census 2011) in Mungeli tehsil, Mungeli district, Chhattisgarh, the 82nd-largest of 233 villages in Mungeli tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 495334, served by Mungeli post office; the LGD village code is 438199. The sarpanch is satya kurre, and the village votes in Raipur Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Motilal Sahu. The population is estimated at 885 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tarwarpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udka · this village | 751 | 68% | — |
| Tarwarpur · Mungeli | 537 | 63% | — |
| Baihakapa · Mungeli | 207 | 52% | — |
| Thakurkapa · Mungeli | 206 | 64% | — |
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.
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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.
Centred on Mungeli mandal
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