Makhana Development Scheme: New Opportunities for Farmers in UP
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Kookapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
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, Kookapur ranks #17 of 214 villages in Bah mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kookapur is a village of 4,510 people in 743 households (Census 2011) in Bah tehsil, Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 17th-largest of 214 villages in Bah tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 854 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 283114, served by Jaitpur (Agra) post office; the LGD village code is 125396. The sarpanch is RAHUL KUMAR, and the village votes in Kishni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Eng. Brajesh Katheriya. The population is estimated at 5,317 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kookapur →
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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