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Kusmi 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, Kusmi ranks #40 of 216 villages in Rafiganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kusmi is a village of 1,948 people in 302 households (Census 2011) in Rafiganj block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 40th-largest of 216 villages in Rafiganj block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points below the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 917 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824126; the LGD village code is 253022. The sarpanch is VIMLA DEVI, and the village votes in Barh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siyaram Singh. The population is estimated at 2,297 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusmi · this village | 1,948 | 53% | — |
| Phesra · Rafiganj | 2,806 | 57% | — |
| Itarh · Rafiganj | 2,031 | 51% | — |
| Rampur Parasiya · Rafiganj | 1,616 | 44% | — |
| Makhdumpur · Rafiganj | 1,416 | 50% | — |
| Harbansa · Rafiganj | 863 | 59% | — |
| Shahpur · Rafiganj | 835 | 48% | — |
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.
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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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