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Ahiyapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Rajpur mandal is Jay Baba Vidyapati Dham Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Ahiyapur 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, Ahiyapur ranks #129 of 236 villages in Rajpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ahiyapur is a village of 409 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Rajpur block, Buxar district, Bihar, the 129th-largest of 236 villages in Rajpur block. Literacy is 68%, 11 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802122, served by Hitawarajpur post office; the LGD village code is 248490. The sarpanch is chinta devi, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 482 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Akbarpur →
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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