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Siswatia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Parihar mandal is Shiv Shankar Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Siswatia 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, Siswatia ranks #60 of 84 villages in Parihar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Siswatia is a village of 2,070 people in 489 households (Census 2011) in Parihar block, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, the 60th-largest of 84 villages in Parihar block. Literacy is 54%, 18 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 868 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843324, served by Parihar post office; the LGD village code is 219182. The sarpanch is Ramshresth chaudhary, and the village votes in Madhubani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhaw Anand. The population is estimated at 2,441 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Koiriya Pipra →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siswatia · this village | 2,070 | 54% | — |
| Pipra Koeria · Parihar | 4,279 | 45% | — |
| Bara · Parihar | 2,464 | 41% | — |
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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