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Kagwas observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
The principal temple recorded for Kotra mandal is अमरनाथ महादेव मन्दिर गोराणा. No temple of this dedication is on record within Kagwas 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.
Kagwas is a village in Kotra mandal, Udaipur district, Rajasthan. It has a population of 1,839 across 367 households with a literacy rate of 10.4%. The village is located at coordinates 24.490°N, 73.151°E and uses postal code 307025.
By population, Kagwas ranks #28 of 262 villages in Kotra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kagwas is a village of 1,839 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Kotra tehsil, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, the 28th-largest of 262 villages in Kotra tehsil. Literacy is 10%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 20% and the sex ratio is 1,092 women per 1,000 men. It lies 65 km from the Udaipur district centre, 48 km from Nana, the nearest town, 29 km from Swarupganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 307025, served by Kotra (Udaipur) post office; the LGD village code is 105936. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bikarani, 6 km away. The village votes in Jhadol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Babulal Kharadi. The population is estimated at 2,168 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khajuria →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kagwas · this village | 1,839 | 10% | — |
| Kala Khetar · Kotra | 1,151 | 23% | 1 km E |
| Nayawas Sera · Kotra | 285 | 13% | 1.9 km N |
| Rujiya Khuna · Kotra | 924 | 21% | 2.3 km N |
| Chhapar · Gandevi | 1,635 | 87% | 3 km N |
| Dhadhamta · Kotra | 690 | 12% | 3.8 km SW |
| Goriya · Malpur | 373 | 65% | 4.2 km NE |
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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