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Masudpur Bara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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, Masudpur Bara ranks #63 of 84 villages in Karpi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Masudpur Bara is a village of 750 people in 109 households (Census 2011) in Karpi block, Arwal district, Bihar, the 63rd-largest of 84 villages in Karpi block. Literacy is 46%, 8 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804419, served by Karpi post office; the LGD village code is 260735. The sarpanch is SUSHBHA DEVI, and the village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 884 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Purainiya Shekha Panchayat →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masudpur Bara · this village | 750 | 46% | — |
| Purainia Shekha · Karpi | 2,133 | 58% | — |
| Latifpur Paraha · Karpi | 1,487 | 47% | — |
| Purainia Ruknuddin · Karpi | 1,261 | 49% | — |
| Lodipur · Karpi | 1,066 | 53% | — |
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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