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Kasauta observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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, Kasauta ranks #123 of 183 villages in Ghughari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasauta is a village of 646 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Ghughari tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 123rd-largest of 183 villages in Ghughari tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,051 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Mandla district centre, 26 km from Mandla Fort railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481663, served by Mohgaon post office; the LGD village code is 493048. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is parita bhartiya, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 762 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Munu →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasauta · this village | 646 | 62% | — |
| Munu · Ghughari | 1,326 | 65% | 1.1 km E |
| Baniyatola · Majhauli | 575 | 55% | 4.2 km N |
| Baniyatola · Gopadbanas | 727 | 53% | 4.2 km N |
| Suntikri · Ghughari | 477 | 59% | 5.2 km SW |
| Kanchangaon · Ghughari | 310 | 52% | 5.1 km NW |
| Machala · Panagar | 220 | 54% | 5.7 km SE |
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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