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Dostpur 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.
Dostpur is a village in Karhal mandal, Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 864 across 130 households, with a literacy rate of 65.3%. The village is located at coordinates 26.273°N, 82.472°E and has PIN code 205264.
By population, Dostpur ranks #114 of 167 villages in Karhal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Dostpur is a village of 864 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Karhal tehsil, Mainpuri district, Uttar Pradesh, the 114th-largest of 167 villages in Karhal tehsil. Literacy is 65%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 811 women per 1,000 men. It lies 341 km from the Mainpuri district centre, 35 km from Pilkichha, the nearest town, 16 km from Malipur railway station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 205264, served by Karhal (Mainpuri) post office; the LGD village code is 126582. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sandhya Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SUGRIV KUMAR , and the village votes in Kishni assembly constituency, represented by MLA Eng. Brajesh Katheriya. The population is estimated at 1,019 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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