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Surajpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Ujiarpur mandal is Dighi kala East Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Surajpur 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.
Surajpur is a village in Ujiarpur mandal, Samastipur district, Bihar. The village has a population of 2,287 across 436 households with a literacy rate of 56.5%. It is situated at coordinates 26.224°N, 83.607°E.
By population, Surajpur ranks #42 of 64 villages in Ujiarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Surajpur is a village of 2,287 people in 436 households (Census 2011) in Ujiarpur block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 42nd-largest of 64 villages in Ujiarpur block. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 847 women per 1,000 men. It lies 276 km from the Samastipur district centre, 0 km from Surajpur, the nearest town, 9 km from Muradpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 848132, served by Ujiarpur post office; the LGD village code is 237073. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital RASULPUR, 2 km away. The sarpanch is CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH, and the village votes in Lalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,696 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pataili West →
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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