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Rajupur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Chhorahi mandal is VISHWAKARMA MANDIR CHAINPUR. No temple of this dedication is on record within Rajupur 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, Rajupur ranks #19 of 59 villages in Chhorahi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rajupur is a village of 2,448 people in 531 households (Census 2011) in Chhorahi block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 19th-largest of 59 villages in Chhorahi block. Literacy is 57%, 6 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848202, served by Meghaul post office; the LGD village code is 237457. The sarpanch is PANKAJ DAS, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 2,886 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ajani →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajupur · this village | 2,448 | 57% | — |
| Ajni · Chhorahi | 6,977 | 50% | — |
| Benga · Chhorahi | 1,588 | 48% | — |
| Harirampur Tola · Chhorahi | 1,035 | 60% | — |
| Bishunpur · Chhorahi | 0 | — | — |
| Barmotra Chanwar · Chhorahi | 0 | — | — |
| Vishanpur · Chhorahi | — | — | — |
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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