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Akorhi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Barhampur mandal is Durga ji Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Akorhi 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.
Akorhi is a village in Barhampur mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 938 in 129 households. The literacy rate is 47.1%, and it is situated at 24.976°N, 84.206°E.
By population, Akorhi ranks #47 of 104 villages in Barhampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akorhi is a village of 938 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Barhampur block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 47th-largest of 104 villages in Barhampur block. Literacy is 47%, 8 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,039 women per 1,000 men. It lies 169 km from the Buxar district centre, 1 km from Sherpur, the nearest town, 7 km from Dehri on Sone railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802112, served by Brahampur post office; the LGD village code is 248042. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Darihat, 3 km away. The sarpanch is SREE BHAGWAN SINGH, and the village votes in Fatuha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Nand Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,106 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pokhraha →
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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