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Yakub Chak observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Taraiya mandal is Hanuman Mandir Jalalpur. No temple of this dedication is on record within Yakub Chak 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, Yakub Chak ranks #36 of 86 villages in Taraiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Yakub Chak is a village of 1,501 people in 265 households (Census 2011) in Taraiya block, Saran district, Bihar, the 36th-largest of 86 villages in Taraiya block. Literacy is 48%, 3 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841424, served by Taraiya post office; the LGD village code is 233026. The village votes in Amnour assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishan Kumar Mantoo. The population is estimated at 1,770 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pachraur →
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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