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Kelnor observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
The principal temple recorded for Chohtan mandal is temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kelnor 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, Kelnor ranks #15 of 173 villages in Chohtan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kelnor is a village of 1,712 people in 325 households (Census 2011) in Chohtan tehsil, Barmer district, Rajasthan, the 15th-largest of 173 villages in Chohtan tehsil. Literacy is 42%, about the same as the tehsil average of 41% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. It lies 188 km from the Barmer district centre, 38 km from Chohtan, the nearest town, 41 km from Gagariya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 344702, served by Chohtan post office; the LGD village code is 88786. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kelnor, <1 km away. The population is estimated at 2,018 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kelnore →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelnor · this village | 1,712 | 42% | — |
| Sobhala Jetmalan · Chohtan | 1,896 | 47% | 6.6 km NE |
| Huron Ka Tala · Chohtan | 827 | 34% | 6.7 km SE |
| Samelon Ka Tala · Chohtan | 834 | 35% | 7.3 km SE |
| Lidiyala · Chohtan | 869 | 40% | 8.2 km E |
| Nawatala Jaitmalan · Chohtan | 3,153 | 32% | 8.2 km E |
| Udsiyar · Chohtan | 762 | 28% | 11.1 km NE |
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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