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Jagahat 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, Jagahat ranks #81 of 135 villages in Deosar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jagahat is a village of 702 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Deosar tehsil, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, the 81st-largest of 135 villages in Deosar tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 48% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Singrauli district centre, 29 km from Bharsendi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 486886, served by Waidhan post office; the LGD village code is 503760. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is premlata singh , and the village votes in Amarpatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajendra Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 828 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kundwar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jagahat · this village | 702 | 39% | — |
| Jagahat · Hanumana | 93 | 32% | 0 km N |
| Kundwar · Deosar | 1,287 | 37% | 2.2 km S |
| Chandreh · Rampur Naikin | 1,823 | 43% | 5.8 km E |
| Chandreh · Deosar | 730 | 31% | 5.8 km E |
| Saro Khurd · Gopadbanas | 580 | 46% | 7.2 km NW |
| Saro Kalan · Gopadbanas | 1,211 | 52% | 7.5 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.
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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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