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Barima observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of 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.
Barima is a village in Mainpat mandal, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh. It has a population of 2,115 across 447 households, with a literacy rate of 30.6%.
By population, Barima ranks #9 of 46 villages in Mainpat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barima ഛത്തീസ്ഗഢ്യിലെ സർഗുജ ജില്ല, Mainpat തഹസിൽൽ 2,115 പേർ 447 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Mainpat തഹസിൽലെ 46 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 9-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 31%, തഹസിൽ ശരാശരി 39% നേക്കാൾ 8 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 977 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് സർഗുജ ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 132 കി.മീ, Antagarh റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 41 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 497001, Ambikapur Nyalaya പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 433554. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Hospital Pharasgaon, 21 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് SUMILA MANJHI ; ഗ്രാമം Keshkal നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Neelkanth Tekam. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 2,494, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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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.
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