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Amwari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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, Amwari ranks #8 of 127 villages in Raghunathpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amwari is a village of 4,294 people in 716 households (Census 2011) in Raghunathpur block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 127 villages in Raghunathpur block. Literacy is 55%, 3 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841504, served by Raghunathpur (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 232540. The sarpanch is Arti devi, and the village votes in Taraiya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Janak Singh. The population is estimated at 5,063 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khujwan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amwari · this village | 4,294 | 55% | — |
| Khujwa · Raghunathpur | 4,308 | 59% | — |
| Navadih · Raghunathpur | 900 | 61% | — |
| Basantpur · Raghunathpur | 566 | 46% | — |
| Mahendar Buzurg · Raghunathpur | 0 | — | — |
| Nigja · Raghunathpur | 0 | — | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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