Dharot (348) observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Himachal Pradesh.
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.
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By population, Dharot (348) ranks #3 of 168 villages in Naina Devi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dharot (348) is a village of 1,171 people in 217 households (Census 2011) in Naina Devi tehsil, Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 168 villages in Naina Devi tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 821 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 174015, served by Behal post office; the LGD village code is 19532. The sarpanch is BHAG SINGH. The population is estimated at 1,381 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dharot →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dharot (348) · this village | 1,171 | 68% | — |
| Lakhnoo (349) · Naina Devi | 339 | 68% | — |
| Jangal Mehduda Dharot 392/1/25) · Naina Devi | 0 | — | — |
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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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