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Reported by Bhaskar English.
Hiri observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Morar mandal is Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hiri 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, Hiri ranks #41 of 50 villages in Morar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hiri is a village of 371 people in 73 households (Census 2011) in Morar tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 41st-largest of 50 villages in Morar tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 11 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,120 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Gwalior district centre, 36 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 11 km from Birlanagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 474006, served by Morar Town post office; the LGD village code is 453871. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gupta Hospital and Maternity Home, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Sushila, and the village votes in Gwalior Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sahab Singh Gurjar. The population is estimated at 437 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mugalpura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiri · this village | 371 | 48% | — |
| Hiri · Mechuka Adc | 53 | 23% | 0 km N |
| Udaipur · Morar | 1,186 | 65% | 0.9 km NW |
| Sunarpura Khalsa · Morar | 360 | 65% | 1.5 km NW |
| Ganeshpura · Morar | 1,053 | 61% | 1.8 km N |
| Singharpura · Morar | 725 | 45% | 2.2 km W |
| Bandholi · City Center | 1,931 | 62% | 2.5 km SW |
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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