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Bikor Kalan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Temples near Bikor Kalan
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Malthon mandal is Ankus Pavaiya Khaki Baba Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bikor Kalan 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.
Bikor Kalan is a village in Malthon mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 867 and 213 households. It has a literacy rate of 59.2%.
By population, Bikor Kalan ranks #46 of 172 villages in Malthon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bikor Kalan is a village of 867 people in 213 households (Census 2011) in Malthon tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 46th-largest of 172 villages in Malthon tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Sagar district centre, 14 km from Malthon, the nearest town, 31 km from Relwai Stesan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470441, served by Malthone post office; the LGD village code is 460032. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Veterinary Hospital, 6 km away. 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.
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bikor Kalan · this village | 867 | 59% | — |
| Bikor Khurd · Malthon | 298 | 56% | 0.8 km W |
| Barodiya Kalan · Bamori | 510 | 48% | 2.4 km W |
| Barodiya Kalan · Malthon | 6,836 | 65% | 2.4 km W |
| Khatora · Malthon | 1,200 | 45% | 2.9 km E |
| Khatora · Badarwas | 4,881 | 55% | 2.9 km E |
| Mirgawali · Malthon | 647 | 66% | 5.3 km NW |
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.
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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