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Bedhai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Temples near Bedhai
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Bina mandal is Bijasen Mata Mandir Saraye. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bedhai 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.
Bedhai is a village in Bina mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The village has 867 residents across 235 households and a literacy rate of 60.6%.
By population, Bedhai ranks #51 of 176 villages in Bina mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bedhai is a village of 867 people in 235 households (Census 2011) in Bina tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 51st-largest of 176 villages in Bina tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Sagar district centre, 18 km from Khimlasa, the nearest town, 3 km from Karonda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470113, served by Bina post office; the LGD village code is 459598. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vivekananda Kendra Borl Hospital, 14 km away. The sarpanch is maya ahirwar, and the village votes in Bina assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Nirmla Sapre. The population is estimated at 1,022 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bedhai →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedhai · this village | 867 | 61% | — |
| Parasari · Malthon | 345 | 61% | 1.1 km N |
| Barmayen · Bina | 958 | 59% | 2 km SW |
| Rusalla · Bina | 605 | 66% | 2.2 km W |
| Hadkaljain · Bina | 698 | 60% | 3 km NW |
| Muryana · Bina | 506 | 64% | 3.2 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.
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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.
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Reported by The Indian Express.
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