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Barabhati observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
The principal temple recorded for Arjuni Morgaon mandal is Ancient mounds situated to the south-east of the fort immediately beyond the moat outside on which a modern temple of Jagannath stands. No temple of this dedication is on record within Barabhati itself.
By population, Barabhati ranks #9 of 153 villages in Arjuni Morgaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barabhati is a village of 2,402 people in 583 households (Census 2011) in Arjuni Morgaon taluka, Gondia district, Maharashtra, the 9th-largest of 153 villages in Arjuni Morgaon taluka. Literacy is 75%, 2 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 37 km from the Gondia district centre, 31 km from Nanded, the nearest town, under 1 km from Barabhati railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441702, served by Navegaon Bandh post office; the LGD village code is 538199. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Arjuni Morgaon, 6 km away. The village votes in Umred assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram. The population is estimated at 2,832 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barabhati →
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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