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Dabdiya 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, Dabdiya ranks #15 of 110 villages in Alot mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dabdiya is a village of 1,497 people in 336 households (Census 2011) in Alot tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 15th-largest of 110 villages in Alot tehsil. Literacy is 50%, about the same as the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 914 women per 1,000 men. It lies 42 km from the Ratlam district centre, 40 km from Dag, the nearest town, 6 km from Luni Richha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457114, served by Alote post office; the LGD village code is 470311. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Alot, 11 km away. The sarpanch is GOVINDRAM PATIDAR, and the village votes in Mahidpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Jain Boss. The population is estimated at 1,765 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dabdiya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dabdiya · this village | 1,497 | 50% | — |
| Talod · Alot | 3,109 | 53% | 2.5 km NE |
| Dungariya · Mahidpur | 1,178 | 42% | 2.9 km SE |
| Jhutawad · Mahidpur | 3,220 | 50% | 3.3 km S |
| Deoli · Mahidpur | 816 | 44% | 3.3 km SW |
| Brahmankheda · Mahidpur | 1,610 | 51% | 3.2 km W |
| Brahmankheda · Dewas Nagar | — | — | 3.2 km W |
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.
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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