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Bangaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Bangaon
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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.
Bangaon is a village in Amour mandal, Purnia district, Bihar, with a population of 2,135 across 430 households. The literacy rate is 37.5%. The village has one temple and is located at coordinates 25.867°N, 86.511°E.
By population, Bangaon ranks #55 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bangaon is a village of 2,135 people in 430 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 55th-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 38%, 2 points above the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Purnia district centre, 0 km from Bangaon, the nearest town, 8 km from Saharsa Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223759. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre, 7 km away. The sarpanch is MD GULAM AZHAR, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 2,517 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barbatta →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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