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Anandnagar observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Udaynagar mandal is Sanwer Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Anandnagar 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, Anandnagar ranks #24 of 97 villages in Udaynagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Anandnagar is a village of 1,365 people in 260 households (Census 2011) in Udaynagar tehsil, Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, the 24th-largest of 97 villages in Udaynagar tehsil. Literacy is 44%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 40% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. It lies 71 km from the Dewas district centre, 32 km from Datoda, the nearest town, 23 km from Mukhtiara Balwada railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 455227, served by Bagli post office; the LGD village code is 474066. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Bhurelel Khedekar, and the village votes in Sonkatch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajesh Sonkar. The population is estimated at 1,609 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Anandnagar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anandnagar · this village | 1,365 | 44% | — |
| Jamasindh · Udaynagar | 1,046 | 26% | 3.3 km NW |
| Pandutalab · Udaynagar | 2,011 | 44% | 3.3 km NW |
| Narsinghpura · Barwaha | 106 | 80% | 4.2 km N |
| Shampura · Khilchipur | 113 | 46% | 5.6 km NW |
| Dad · Dhar | 322 | 1% | 6.9 km NW |
| Udainagar · Udaynagar | 3,104 | 66% | 7.7 km NE |
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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