Madhya Pradesh: Farmers, tribals begin ‘Mitti Satyagraha’ in Panna, seek compensation, rehabilitation
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Kunwarpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Simariya mandal is Commons:Category:Shiva Temple, Sakor. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kunwarpur 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, Kunwarpur ranks #4 of 64 villages in Simariya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kunwarpur is a village of 2,522 people in 603 households (Census 2011) in Simariya tehsil, Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 64 villages in Simariya tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 488442, served by Simariya post office; the LGD village code is 459216. The sarpanch is SIYARAM ADIWASI, and the village votes in Hatta assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umadevi Lalchand Khatik. The population is estimated at 2,973 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kunwarpur →
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.
Centred on Simariya mandal
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