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Batwadiya 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, Batwadiya ranks #92 of 148 villages in Jaora mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Batwadiya is a village of 704 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Jaora tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 148 villages in Jaora tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 945 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Ratlam district centre, 56 km from Dag, the nearest town, 17 km from Luni Richha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 457118, served by Tal post office; the LGD village code is 470160. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil hospital tal, 5 km away. The sarpanch is sajjan bai sharma, and the village votes in Alot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Chintamani Malviya. The population is estimated at 830 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Batwariya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batwadiya · this village | 704 | 54% | — |
| Roopdi · Jaora | 794 | 50% | 1.2 km S |
| Kot Karadiya · Tal | 719 | 55% | 1.7 km SE |
| Fatehpur · Tal | 676 | 27% | 2.5 km N |
| Mundla Kalan · Tal | 2,449 | 60% | 2.5 km NW |
| Charan Khedi · Tal | 264 | 46% | 2.7 km N |
| Kit Khedi · Tal | 1,035 | 40% | 3.1 km SE |
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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