| Palnar | |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chhattisgarh#India |
| Coordinates: | 18.6175°N 81.395°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chhattisgarh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dantewada |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 1961 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Gondi, Telugu, Koya |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 494552[1] |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 07857 |
| Registration Plate: | CG-18 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Jagdalpur, Dantewada |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Bastar |
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.
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.