Palnar is a village positioned in
Kuwakonda Block of
Dantewada district
Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District (South Bastar District), is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division. Until 19 ...
in
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...
. Located in rural area of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, it is one among the 54 villages of Kuwakonda Block of Dantewada district. As per the government records, the village code of Palnar is 450279. The village has 432 houses.
According to
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Palnar's population is 1961. Out of this, 943 are males whereas the females count 1018 here. This village has 277 children in the age group of 0–6 years. Out of this 127 are boys and 150 are girls.
Dantewada
Dantewada (also known as Dantewara) is a town and a municipality, or nagar palika. in the Dantewada district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.It is the administrative headquarters of Dantewada District. It is the fourth largest city of Bastar ...
got Prime Minister's award for converting Palnar into a cashless village. After the 8 November demonetisation of high-value notes, Dantewada district collector Saurabh Kumar and his team managed to procure fibre and bandwidth from
Essar Steel
Essar Steel was a common name of the steel manufacturing companies of the Essar Group of Companies. Its main subsidiary was Essar Steel India Limited, a fully integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer based in Mumbai, which owned and operated a ...
under its
corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...
to create a free wi-fi zone of two and half square km area to kick start digital payments in the village market that houses 14 shops.
This village is now connected digitally though it has no cellular connectivity even now.
References
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External links
India’s Cashless Village - भारत का नकदी रहित गाँव – OMG! Chhattisgarh – HISTORY TV18
Villages in Dantewada district