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Bidhi Khap 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, Bidhi Khap ranks #152 of 231 villages in Dinara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bidhi Khap is a village of 343 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Dinara block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 152nd-largest of 231 villages in Dinara block. Literacy is 38%, 15 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802213, served by Dinara (Rohtas) post office; the LGD village code is 251007. The sarpanch is Manju Devi, and the village votes in Asthawan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jitendra Kumar. The population is estimated at 404 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sarawan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bidhi Khap · this village | 343 | 38% | — |
| Sarawan · Dinara | 2,641 | 58% | — |
| Karaundi · Dinara | 2,287 | 59% | — |
| Muswath · Dinara | 2,156 | 61% | — |
| Arila Raghunathpur · Dinara | 2,054 | 51% | — |
| Rampur Khurd · Dinara | 392 | 73% | — |
| Rampur Kalan · Dinara | 364 | 58% | — |
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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