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Maniari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Dumra mandal is Sarveshwar Mahadev Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Maniari 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, Maniari ranks #40 of 73 villages in Dumra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Maniari is a village of 2,908 people in 602 households (Census 2011) in Dumra block, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, the 40th-largest of 73 villages in Dumra block. Literacy is 42%, about the same as the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843302, served by Sitamarhi Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 219553. The sarpanch is anita devi, and the village votes in Jale assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jibesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 3,429 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khairwa →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maniari · this village | 2,908 | 42% | — |
| Khairwa · Dumra | 5,802 | 31% | — |
| Phanda Gobind · Dumra | 3,752 | 45% | — |
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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