Palnar

Village in Chhattisgarh, India

Palnar

village

Palnar

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Coordinates: 18°37′03″N 81°23′42″E﻿ / ﻿18.61750°N 81.39500°E﻿ / 18.61750; 81.39500
Country|  India
State| Chhattisgarh
District| Dantewada
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 1,961
Languages

• Official| Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
• Other| Gondi, Telugu, Koya
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

494552[1]

Telephone code| 07857
Vehicle registration| CG-18
Nearest city| Jagdalpur, Dantewada
Lok Sabha constituency| Bastar
Website| dantewada.gov.in

Palnar is a village positioned in Kuwakonda Block of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.[2] 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, Palnar's population is 1961.[3] 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.[citation needed]

Dantewada got Prime Minister's award for converting Palnar into a cashless village.[4] 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 under its corporate social responsibility 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.[5] This village is now connected digitally though it has no cellular connectivity even now.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Postal Codes and Zip Codes Database - PostCodesDB
2. ^ "CM Raman Singh to lay foundation stone of 'first cashless village' in Chhattisgarh". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
3. ^ "Census 2011 details of Palnar village". Census of India. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
4. ^ "Dantewada district gets Prime Minister's award for converting Palnar into a cashless village". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
5. ^ "Remote Chhattisgarh village gets PM award for going cashless". India Today. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

## External links

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* India’s Cashless Village - भारत का नकदी रहित गाँव – OMG! Chhattisgarh – HISTORY TV18