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Devkali observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Burhanpur mandal is Baba Tika Ram Das Hanuman Sai Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Devkali 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.
Devkali is a small village in Burhanpur mandal, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, located at 25.249°N, 81.083°E. It has a population of 37 across 4 households, with a literacy rate of 86.5%. The postal code is 223221.
By population, Devkali ranks #445 of 489 villages in Burhanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Devkali is a village of 37 people in 4 households (Census 2011) in Burhanpur tehsil, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, the 445th-largest of 489 villages in Burhanpur tehsil. Literacy is 87%, 26 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 609 women per 1,000 men. It lies 221 km from the Azamgarh district centre, 34 km from Kamasin, the nearest town, 12 km from Khoh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 223221, served by Aharaula post office; the LGD village code is 192342. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital, Khoh, Chitrakoot, 11 km away. The sarpanch is MADHURI, and the village votes in Sarojini Nagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajeshwar Singh. The population is estimated at 44 in 2026, up 19% 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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