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Sarsiwan 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, Sarsiwan ranks #46 of 115 villages in Arrah mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarsiwan is a village of 1,705 people in 243 households (Census 2011) in Arrah block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 46th-largest of 115 villages in Arrah block. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802313, served by Gunari post office; the LGD village code is 246725. The sarpanch is SUJIT KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 2,010 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpur →
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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