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Khobharipur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Baikunthpur mandal is Durga Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khobharipur 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, Khobharipur ranks #68 of 121 villages in Baikunthpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khobharipur is a village of 638 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Baikunthpur block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 68th-largest of 121 villages in Baikunthpur block. Literacy is 51%, 1 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841409, served by Dighwdubauli post office; the LGD village code is 231212. The sarpanch is Kumari Dipti Yadav, and the village votes in Mahua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 752 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Fajulahpur →
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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