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Magurgarh observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Hasanpur mandal is Hanuman Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Magurgarh 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, Magurgarh ranks #13 of 89 villages in Hasanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Magurgarh is a village of 5,425 people in 969 households (Census 2011) in Hasanpur block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 13th-largest of 89 villages in Hasanpur block. Literacy is 51%, 5 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 873 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848208, served by Mangalgarh post office; the LGD village code is 237255. The sarpanch is SUBHADRA KUMARI, and the village votes in Madhepura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandra Shekhar. The population is estimated at 6,396 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mangalgarh →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magurgarh · this village | 5,425 | 51% | — |
| Deodha · Hasanpur | 10,367 | 47% | — |
| Naya Nagar · Hasanpur | 10,247 | 50% | — |
| Mohiuddinpur · Hasanpur | 4,809 | 52% | — |
| Belaun · Hasanpur | 950 | 20% | — |
| Balbhadarpur · Hasanpur | 0 | — | — |
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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