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Phaldi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
The principal temple recorded for Kishanganj mandal is shitla mata mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Phaldi 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.
Phaldi is a village in Kishanganj mandal, Baran district, Rajasthan, with a population of 1,555 across 312 households. The village has a literacy rate of 42.6%.
By population, Phaldi ranks #19 of 213 villages in Kishanganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phaldi is a village of 1,555 people in 312 households (Census 2011) in Kishanganj tehsil, Baran district, Rajasthan, the 19th-largest of 213 villages in Kishanganj tehsil. Literacy is 43%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 1,001 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Baran district centre, 55 km from Karahal, the nearest town, 17 km from Chhajawa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 325216, served by Kishan Ganj (Baran) post office; the LGD village code is 103076. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bengali Clinic, 9 km away. The village votes in Baran-Atru assembly constituency, represented by MLA Radheyshyam Bairwa. The population is estimated at 1,833 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Phaldi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phaldi · this village | 1,555 | 43% | — |
| Iklera Sagar · Kishanganj | 1,000 | 42% | 2 km SW |
| Kapri Khera · Kishanganj | 436 | 59% | 3.4 km S |
| Peenjana · Kishanganj | 1,835 | 30% | 4.6 km S |
| Peenjani · Kishanganj | 290 | 43% | 5.6 km S |
| Rampuriya Jageer · Kishanganj | 1,453 | 43% | 5.9 km S |
| Seemlya · Kishanganj | 372 | 51% | 6.5 km SW |
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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