Ex-CM Uma Bharti renews call for total alcohol prohibition in Madhya Pradesh after Sagar hooch tragedy
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Sarrakhurd 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.
Sarrakhurd is a village in Deori mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, located at 23.313°N, 78.527°E. It has a population of 526 across 108 households, with a literacy rate of 45.1%. The village's postal code is 470226.
By population, Sarrakhurd ranks #97 of 255 villages in Deori mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarrakhurd is a village of 526 people in 108 households (Census 2011) in Deori tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 97th-largest of 255 villages in Deori tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 14 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 927 women per 1,000 men. It lies 69 km from the Sagar district centre, 52 km from Bankhedi, the nearest town, 53 km from Gadarwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470226, served by Deori (Sagar) post office; the LGD village code is 461626. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Silwani, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Ratan SIngh Lodhi, and the village votes in Deori assembly constituency, represented by MLA Brijbihari Pateriya (Gudda Bhaiya). The population is estimated at 620 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gangwara (P) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarrakhurd · this village | 526 | 45% | — |
| Sarra Khurd · Rehli | 222 | 51% | 0.5 km N |
| Sarra Khurd · Silwani | 258 | 43% | 0.5 km N |
| Hirapur · Sohagpur | 758 | 46% | 1.1 km W |
| Hirapur · Gadarwara | 2,220 | 53% | 1.1 km W |
| Jhamar · Gadarwara | 334 | 70% | 3.2 km S |
| Jhamar · Gadarwara | 329 | 73% | 3.2 km S |
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.
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Reported by The Indian Express.
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