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Chhatauni observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Shivaji Nagar mandal is Panchanath mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chhatauni 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, Chhatauni ranks #21 of 71 villages in Shivaji Nagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhatauni is a village of 2,688 people in 539 households (Census 2011) in Shivaji Nagar block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 71 villages in Shivaji Nagar block. Literacy is 56%, 8 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848117, served by Ilmasnagar post office; the LGD village code is 236383. The sarpanch is RINKU DEVI, and the village votes in Phulparas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sheela Kumari. The population is estimated at 3,169 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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