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Chak Pararauna observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Barharia mandal is Shiv Mandir Ganauli. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chak Pararauna 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, Chak Pararauna ranks #79 of 140 villages in Barharia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chak Pararauna is a village of 1,573 people in 220 households (Census 2011) in Barharia block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 79th-largest of 140 villages in Barharia block. Literacy is 59%, 2 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 930 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841232, served by Barhria post office; the LGD village code is 231454. The sarpanch is PINKI DEVI, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 1,855 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Padarauna Khurd →
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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