Kolendra, Dongarghar

Kolendra (कोलेंद्रा) is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Dongargarh Tehsil in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh, which falls under Dongarghar block. It belongs to Rajnandgaon parliament constituency and Dongargarh assembly constituency. Laxmi Bai Verma is the President of Kolendra Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address laxmibaiverma@nic.in and mobile number 62656xxx66. The Panchayat landline number is 07823-23**03. The Secretary is Kuldip Lahuriya, who can be reached at email address kuldiplahuriya1999@gmail.com and mobile number 76478xxx33. The Panchayat address is Kolendra, Dongargarh, Pincode - 491445. You can reach there by taking a bus till Belgaon bus stop which is around 4 km away.

As on March 2025, the current population of Kolendra is 1.2 thousands out of which 655 are males and rest 590 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 901 females per 1000 males. There are around 160 teenagers in Kolendra. It has literacy rate of 63% which means around 783 persons can read and write. Total 150 people belonging to scheduled caste and 66 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 226 households in Kolendra, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 702. The pincode of Kolendra is 491445 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dongargarh Sub Post office
• Totalbharri Branch Post office
• Rengakathera Branch Post office
• Sahaspur Branch Post office
• Purena Branch Post office

Schools

Kolendra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Khalsa Public English Med. School Dongargarh
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir Dongargarh
• Govt. Kendriya Vidyalay Dongargarh
• Govt. High School S. Boys Dongargarh
• Govt. High School S. Musra

Hospitals

Kolendra has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Community Health Center Dongargarh
• Kushmi Sub-Center
• Patpar Sub-Center
• Primary Health Center Kusmi
• Sub-Health Center Diwantola

Banks

Kolendra has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Dongargadh
• Bandhan Bank Dongargarh
• Central Bank of India Dongargarh
• ESAF Small Finance Bank Donagargarh
• HDFC Bank Dongargarh

Panchayat Members

Up Sarpanch

Hirwantin Bai is the Up Sarpanch of Kolendra Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 98574xxx87 and email is hirwantinbai@gmail.com.

Panch

Kolendra Gram Panchayat has total 9 elected Panch.

1. Netram Lilhare - Mobile: 96582xxx15 - Email: netramlilhare@gmail.com
2. Bihari Lal Verma - Mobile: 96528xxx25 - Email: biharilalverma@gmail.com
3. Khemchand Verma - Mobile: 96528xxx25 - Email: khemchandverma@gmail.com
4. Resham Bai Verma - Mobile: 78586xxx54 - Email: reshambaiverma@gmail.com
5. Hembati Verma - Mobile: 80850xxx14 - Email: hembativerma@gmail.com
6. India Bai - Mobile: 62658xxx58 - Email: indiabai@gmail.com
7. Aakancha Verma - Mobile: 62656xxx55 - Email: aakanchaverma@gmail.com
8. Jwala Bai Verma - Mobile: 78658xxx54 - Email: jwalabaiverma@gmail.com
9. Govind Verma - Mobile: 78695xxx24 - Email: govindverma@gmail.com

Covered villages

Kolendra Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Daragaon
• Kolendra