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Mohanpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Piprarhi mandal is Singaila Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mohanpur 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, Mohanpur ranks #15 of 25 villages in Piprarhi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohanpur is a village of 3,045 people in 664 households (Census 2011) in Piprarhi block, Sheohar district, Bihar, the 15th-largest of 25 villages in Piprarhi block. Literacy is 41%, about the same as the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843327, served by Riga post office; the LGD village code is 218795. The sarpanch is Sanju Devi, and the village votes in Minapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 3,590 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mohanpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohanpur · this village | 3,045 | 41% | — |
| Chatauna Urf Gopinathpur · Piprarhi | 3,285 | 39% | — |
| Shankarpur Bindi · Piprarhi | 2,459 | 38% | — |
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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