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Khairi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Punpun mandal is Shiv Mandir Ganauli. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khairi 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, Khairi ranks #62 of 86 villages in Punpun mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khairi is a village of 587 people in 120 households (Census 2011) in Punpun block, Patna district, Bihar, the 62nd-largest of 86 villages in Punpun block. Literacy is 54%, 4 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 957 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804453, served by Punpun post office; the LGD village code is 246077. The village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 692 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kalyanpur →
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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