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Kata Mal. observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Bichhiya mandal is Shri Rajrajeshwar Sahastrarjun Bhagwan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kata Mal. 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.
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By population, Kata Mal. ranks #91 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kata Mal. is a village of 875 people in 221 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 91st-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 932 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 481771, served by Bamni post office; the LGD village code is 493208. The sarpanch is Goluram Maravi, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 1,032 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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