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Pachokhara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Ron mandal is Shiv Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pachokhara 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, Pachokhara ranks #11 of 48 villages in Ron mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pachokhara is a village of 2,870 people in 556 households (Census 2011) in Ron tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 11th-largest of 48 villages in Ron tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 803 women per 1,000 men. It lies 34 km from the Bhind district centre, 22 km from Umri, the nearest town, 38 km from Bhind railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476355, served by Karhal (Sheopur) post office; the LGD village code is 453485. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 3,384 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pachokhara →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pachokhara · this village | 2,870 | 64% | — |
| Pachokhara · Bhind | 446 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Gandh Bahoripura · Ron | 1,081 | 65% | 1.9 km NE |
| Machhand · Mihona | 9,093 | 61% | 2.5 km SE |
| Dariapura · Ron | 240 | 61% | 2.4 km W |
| Nandna · Ghatampur | 3,113 | 57% | 2.8 km N |
| Nandna · Ron | 1,740 | 61% | 2.8 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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