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Ruriya observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
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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.
Ruriya is a village in Faridpur mandal, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,590 across 282 households. The literacy rate is 37.6%, and the village is identified by PIN code 243503.
By population, Ruriya ranks #68 of 382 villages in Faridpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ruriya is a village of 1,590 people in 282 households (Census 2011) in Faridpur tehsil, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, the 68th-largest of 382 villages in Faridpur tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Bareilly district centre, 6 km from Parham, the nearest town, 24 km from Tindauli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 243503, served by Faridpur post office; the LGD village code is 131062. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jasrana, 13 km away. The sarpanch is JAVITRI DEVI, and the village votes in Jalalabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Prakash Verma. The population is estimated at 1,875 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ruriya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruriya · this village | 1,590 | 38% | — |
| Ruriya · Bisalpur | 1,785 | 51% | 0 km N |
| Ummedpur · Fatehpur | 956 | 64% | 0.9 km W |
| Tikampur · Etah | 539 | 54% | 1.3 km NE |
| Tikampur · Auraiya | 2,669 | 69% | 1.3 km NE |
| Mohakampur · Hardoi | 701 | 54% | 1.3 km W |
| Mohakampur · Iglas | 1,810 | 62% | 1.3 km W |
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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