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Emadpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Patepur mandal is Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Emadpur 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.
Emadpur is a village in Patepur mandal, Vaishali district, Bihar, with a population of 4,595 across 867 households. The village has a literacy rate of 52.6% and is located at coordinates 25.661°N, 87.897°E.
By population, Emadpur ranks #26 of 143 villages in Patepur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Emadpur is a village of 4,595 people in 867 households (Census 2011) in Patepur block, Vaishali district, Bihar, the 26th-largest of 143 villages in Patepur block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 951 women per 1,000 men. It lies 196 km from the Vaishali district centre, 1 km from Bazidpur, the nearest town, 3 km from Barsoi Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 844113, served by Balukaram post office; the LGD village code is 235154. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 5 km away. The sarpanch is USHA GUPTA, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 5,418 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khoyajpur Basti →
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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