Pakhnar
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Pakhnar (पखनार) is a village in Darbha tahsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh. Author (Laxman Burdak) visited Kakalgur on 07.12.1982.
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According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Pakhnar village is 449585. Pakhnar village is located in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, India. It is situated 22km away from sub-district headquarter Darbha (tehsildar office) and 58km away from district headquarter Jagdalpur. As per 2009 stats, Pakhnar village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 3532.55 hectares. Jagdalpur is nearest town to pakhnar for all major economic activities, which is approximately 58km away.Pincode of pakhnar village locality is 494226.[1]
Pakhnar has a total population of 3,652 peoples, out of which male population is 1,753 while female population is 1,899. Literacy rate of pakhnar village is 30.15% out of which 37.88% males and 23.01% females are literate. There are about 816 houses in pakhnar village. [2]
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History
Author (Laxman Burdak) mentioned this village in his diary:
07.12.1982: Darbha - Bispur – Pakhnar (पखनार) and back 10-18hrs, 76 kms on Motorcycle with RO MR Mahawadi. Visited weekly market and site of construction of Inspection Hut at Pakhnar.
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