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Pidgaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Harda mandal is panchayti mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pidgaon itself.
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.
By population, Pidgaon ranks #22 of 85 villages in Harda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pidgaon मध्य प्रदेश के हरदा जिले के हरदा तहसील में 1,230 लोगों 247 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो हरदा तहसील के 85 गांवों में 22वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 68% है, जो तहसील औसत 63% से 5 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 806 महिलाएं। यह हरदा जिला मुख्यालय से 14 किमी, Harda रेलवे स्टेशन से 6 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 461228 है, Timarni डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 486726 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Kaka - G Hospital Harda है, 4 किमी दूर। सरपंच Suneeta bai jat हैं, और गांव Harda विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Dr. Ram Kishore Dogne हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 1,450 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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| गांव | जनसंख्या | साक्षरता | दूरी |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pidgaon · यह गांव | 1,230 | 68% | — |
| Hardakhurd · Harda | 4,823 | 71% | 1.6 किमी S |
| Hemapur · Handiya | 0 | — | 2.5 किमी NW |
| Atarsama · Handiya | 789 | 54% | 2.7 किमी W |
| Padwan · Harda | 980 | 69% | 2.8 किमी SW |
| Majli · Harda | 898 | 72% | 2.9 किमी E |
| Abgaon Kalan · Handiya | 2,328 | 67% | 3.5 किमी NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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