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Baghra 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.
Baghra is a small village in Chakia mandal, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 183 across 25 households. The literacy rate is 32.2%, and it has PIN code 232103. It is situated at 29.467°N, 77.573°E.
By population, Baghra ranks #323 of 480 villages in Chakia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baghra is a village of 183 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Chakia tehsil, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, the 323rd-largest of 480 villages in Chakia tehsil. Literacy is 32%, 24 points below the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 989 women per 1,000 men. It lies 386 km from the Chandauli district centre, 0 km from Baghra, the nearest town, 13 km from Muzaffarnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 232103, served by Chakia post office; the LGD village code is 207962. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Kutba-kutbi, 8 km away. The sarpanch is RAM DEYE, and the village votes in Barabanki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dharmraj Singh Yadav. The population is estimated at 216 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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