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Pidhi 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.
Pidhi is a larger village in Tiloi mandal, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 8,580 across 1,561 households. It has a literacy rate of 45.9% and shares PIN code 229302 with other villages in the area.
By population, Pidhi ranks #3 of 199 villages in Tiloi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pidhi is a village of 8,580 people in 1,561 households (Census 2011) in Tiloi tehsil, Amethi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 3rd-largest of 199 villages in Tiloi tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 106 km from the Amethi district centre, 13 km from Rokha, the nearest town, 5 km from Fursatganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 229302, served by Fursatganj post office; the LGD village code is 144151. The nearest hospital or health centre is Simhans Hospital, 18 km away. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR MAURYA, and the village votes in Bachhrawan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Sunder. The population is estimated at 10,116 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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