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Itawa observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
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.
Kota's Dussehra is a fair as much as a festival, traced to 1723 and the reign of Maharao Durjanshal Singh Hada, and expanded into its present form under Maharao Ummed Singh II. It now runs for around twenty-five days after the effigies burn, with kavi sammelans, folk dance and the Chambal kusti dangal, and is listed as a national fair.
Itawa is a larger village in Pipalda mandal, Kota district, Rajasthan, with a population of 26,741 across 5,257 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.9% and is serviced by one hospital and one primary health centre. Located at coordinates 25.539°N, 76.379°E with PIN code 325004.
By population, Itawa ranks #1 of 175 villages in Pipalda mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Itawa is a village of 26,741 people in 5,257 households (Census 2011) in Pipalda tehsil, Kota district, Rajasthan, the largest of 175 villages in Pipalda tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 924 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the Kota district centre, 34 km from Sultanpur, the nearest town, 18 km from Laban railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 325004, served by Itawa post office; the LGD village code is 101762. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The village votes in Keshoraipatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chunni Lal Premi. The population is estimated at 31,528 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ayana →
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.
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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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