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Chhattisgarh to launch ‘Viksit Gram Panchayat Yojana’ on October 2 to empower rural self-governance
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
URMILA DUGGA
Contact: 86****7424
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- LGD code
- 449946
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population
- 246
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 113
- Distance to district centre
- 11 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 204 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 362 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gidam · 67 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Assisi Shanti Bhavan · 29 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Nednar compares
By population, Nednar ranks #16 of 149 villages in Kohkameta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
43.1%
+13.7% vs mandal average
- Nednar
- 43.1%
- Kohkameta mandal
- 29.4%
- Narayanpur district
- 40.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+67 vs mandal average
- Nednar
- 1,016
- Kohkameta mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
6.2
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Nednar
- 6.2
- Kohkameta mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nednar at a glance
Nednar is a village of 246 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Kohkameta tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 16th-largest of 149 villages in Kohkameta tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 14 points above the tehsil average of 29% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 67 km from Gidam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 449946. The nearest hospital or health centre is Assisi Shanti Bhavan, 29 km away. The sarpanch is URMILA DUGGA. The population is estimated at 290 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Nednar
- LGD code
- 449946
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 246
- Population (projected 2026)
- 290
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 43.1%
- Coordinates
- 19.47722°N, 81.11919°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- URMILA DUGGA
- Block / Mandal
- Kohkameta
Getting there
How to reach Nednar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur204 kmcapital
- Hyderabad362 km
- Chennai717 km
- Bengaluru815 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGidam67 km
- Hospital / PHCAssisi Shanti Bhavan29 km
- CollegeLok Biradari School and College58 km
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- 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
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)