Pandariya is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Kabirdham district in the India

India

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 of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

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Geography

Pandariya is located at 22.23°N 81.42°E. It has an average elevation of 348 m (1,141.7 ft).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Pandariya had a population of 12,453. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pandariya has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 48%. In Pandariya, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.