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Kamraili observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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, Kamraili ranks #50 of 61 villages in Kasba mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kamraili is a village of 751 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Kasba block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 50th-largest of 61 villages in Kasba block. Literacy is 35%, 1 points below the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854325, served by Garhbanaili post office; the LGD village code is 223550. The sarpanch is SAJIA KHATOON, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 885 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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