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Bank observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Bank is a village in Jamalpur mandal, Munger district, Bihar with a population of 1,340 across 244 households. It has a literacy rate of 77.2% and is located at 24.957°N, 84.190°E with PIN code 811214.
By population, Bank ranks #24 of 97 villages in Jamalpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bank বিহার-এর মুঙ্গের জেলার Jamalpur ব্লক-এ 1,340 জনসংখ্যা 244 পরিবারে (২০১১ জনগণনা) বিশিষ্ট একটি গ্রাম, Jamalpur ব্লক-এর 97 গ্রামের মধ্যে 24তম বৃহত্তম। সাক্ষরতা 77%, ব্লক গড় 54% থেকে 23 পয়েন্ট বেশি এবং লিঙ্গ অনুপাত প্রতি ১,০০০ পুরুষে 846 নারী। এটি মুঙ্গের জেলা সদর থেকে 227 কিমি, নিকটতম শহর Bank থেকে 0 কিমি, Dehri on Sone রেলস্টেশন থেকে 5 কিমি অবস্থিত (সরলরেখা দূরত্ব)। পিনকোড 811214, Jamalpur (Munger) ডাকঘরের অধীনে; এলজিডি গ্রাম কোড 242676। নিকটতম হাসপাতাল Government Hospital Makrain, 5 কিমি দূরে। প্রধান dajy kumari; গ্রামটি Alauli বিধানসভা কেন্দ্রে, বিধায়ক Ram Chandra Sada। ২০২৬-এ আনুমানিক জনসংখ্যা 1,580, ২০১১ থেকে 18% বেশি।
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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