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Mohammadpur Pajha observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Goraul mandal is Bhagwati Asthan, Bargaon. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mohammadpur Pajha 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, Mohammadpur Pajha ranks #7 of 88 villages in Goraul mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mohammadpur Pajha is a village of 5,094 people in 937 households (Census 2011) in Goraul block, Vaishali district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 88 villages in Goraul block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 844118, served by Goraul post office; the LGD village code is 234986. The sarpanch is VIKASH KUMAR, and the village votes in Hasanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raj Kumar Ray. The population is estimated at 6,006 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mohamadpur Pojha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammadpur Pajha · this village | 5,094 | 60% | — |
| Malikpur · Goraul | 1,833 | 57% | — |
| Majirabad · Goraul | 1,016 | 68% | — |
| Madhurapur · Goraul | 899 | 58% | — |
| Rasulpur Hussain Dakhali · Goraul | 641 | 65% | — |
| Tal Berai · Goraul | 0 | — | — |
| Talverai Bechiragi · Goraul | — | — | — |
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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