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Udapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
By population, Udapur ranks #12 of 136 villages in Brahmapuri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Udapur is a village of 2,405 people in 578 households (Census 2011) in Brahmapuri taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 12th-largest of 136 villages in Brahmapuri taluka. Literacy is 74%, 7 points above the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 441206, served by Bramhapuri post office; the LGD village code is 540770. The village votes in Chimur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Banti Bhangdiya. The population is estimated at 2,835 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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