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Basdiha Gopal 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, Basdiha Gopal ranks #105 of 230 villages in Kutumba mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basdiha Gopal is a village of 732 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Kutumba block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 105th-largest of 230 villages in Kutumba block. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824123, served by Kutumba post office; the LGD village code is 254269. The sarpanch is Arvind Paswan, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 863 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Maharajganj →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basdiha Gopal · this village | 732 | 62% | — |
| Maharajganj · Kutumba | 4,368 | 68% | — |
| Hanea · Kutumba | 2,217 | 51% | — |
| Khaira · Kutumba | 2,175 | 59% | — |
| Jamua · Kutumba | 1,314 | 67% | — |
| Basdiha · Kutumba | 735 | 66% | — |
| Manrar Gopal · Kutumba | 371 | 70% | — |
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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