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Chakrawada observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Ghatiya mandal is Jain Ramjanardan Park, temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chakrawada 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, Chakrawada ranks #16 of 128 villages in Ghatiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakrawada is a village of 1,613 people in 330 households (Census 2011) in Ghatiya tehsil, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 128 villages in Ghatiya tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,001 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Ujjain district centre, 6 km from Naikheri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 456550, served by Ghattia post office; the LGD village code is 471537. The nearest hospital or health centre is Charitable hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Jeevan singh. The population is estimated at 1,902 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chakrawada →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakrawada · this village | 1,613 | 62% | — |
| Madhavgarh · Ghatiya | 334 | 46% | 2.3 km E |
| Sodang · Ghatiya | 1,393 | 61% | 2.5 km E |
| Goyala Buzurg · Ghatiya | 1,557 | 54% | 2.7 km NW |
| Azampura · Ghatiya | 941 | 64% | 2.9 km S |
| Khedla · Ghatiya | 641 | 42% | 3.2 km NW |
| Ramgarh · Ghatiya | 988 | 59% | 3.3 km E |
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 Bhaskar English.
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