Ex-CM Uma Bharti renews call for total alcohol prohibition in Madhya Pradesh after Sagar hooch tragedy
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Banguwan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Sagar mandal is Sri Sri 1008 Shri Someshwar Mahadev. No temple of this dedication is on record within Banguwan 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.
By population, Banguwan ranks #178 of 204 villages in Sagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banguwan is a village of 218 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Sagar tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 178th-largest of 204 villages in Sagar tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,057 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 470119, served by Rahatgarh post office; the LGD village code is 460918. The sarpanch is ARVIND GHOSHI, and the village votes in Surkhi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Govind Singh Rajput. The population is estimated at 257 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Biharipura (P) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banguwan · this village | 218 | 57% | — |
| Gadoli Khurd · Sagar | 1,926 | 62% | — |
| Amaoni · Sagar | 670 | 62% | — |
| Biharipura · Sagar | 578 | 69% | — |
| Prithvipura · Sagar | 268 | 63% | — |
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.
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