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Dhanora observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Nalkheda mandal is shri balagi mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Dhanora 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, Dhanora ranks #38 of 96 villages in Nalkheda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dhanora is a village of 915 people in 206 households (Census 2011) in Nalkheda tehsil, Agar-Malwa district, Madhya Pradesh, the 38th-largest of 96 villages in Nalkheda tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Agar-Malwa district centre, 59 km from Dag, the nearest town, 22 km from Sarangpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 465445, served by Nalkheda post office; the LGD village code is 472357. The nearest hospital or health centre is Purana Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Santosh Bai. The population is estimated at 1,079 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanora · this village | 915 | 59% | — |
| Dhanora · Sarangpur | 2,083 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Guradiya Nalkheda · Nalkheda | 911 | 56% | 1.7 km SW |
| Laturi Umat · Nalkheda | 934 | 39% | 1.8 km N |
| Tikon · Nalkheda | 1,839 | 65% | 3.3 km SW |
| Gunjariya · Nalkheda | 555 | 47% | 3.2 km SE |
| Titari · Kurai | 537 | 53% | 3.4 km N |
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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