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Khushamada 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, Khushamada ranks #96 of 147 villages in Shyampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khushamada is a village of 522 people in 97 households (Census 2011) in Shyampur tehsil, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, the 96th-largest of 147 villages in Shyampur tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. It lies 31 km from the Sehore district centre, 21 km from Kurawar, the nearest town, 15 km from Phanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 466661, served by Doraha (Sehore) post office; the LGD village code is 482823. The nearest hospital or health centre is Pratigya Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Barkha Bai, and the village votes in Sehore assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudesh Rai. The population is estimated at 615 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Satorniya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khushamada · this village | 522 | 62% | — |
| Baradi Kalan · Shyampur | 587 | 62% | 1 km W |
| Baradi Khurd · Shyampur | 178 | 67% | 1.2 km NW |
| Jharkheda · Shyampur | 5,384 | 64% | 2.7 km E |
| Satoraniya · Shyampur | 849 | 59% | 3.3 km S |
| Toraniya · Shyampur | 874 | 63% | 3.8 km S |
| Toraniya · Dowda | 304 | 49% | 3.8 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.
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