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Bhakha observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Bansi mandal is Kali Chaura Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bhakha 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.
By population, Bhakha ranks #291 of 776 villages in Bansi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhakha is a village of 762 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Bansi tehsil, Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, the 291st-largest of 776 villages in Bansi tehsil. Literacy is 19%, 30 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,059 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272154, served by Dharamsinghwa post office; the LGD village code is 177592. The sarpanch is mantira, and the village votes in Harraiya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Singh. The population is estimated at 898 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhakha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhakha · this village | 762 | 19% | — |
| Saptinankar · Bansi | 890 | 47% | — |
| Kanchanpur · Bansi | 631 | 37% | — |
| Mainahawa · Bansi | 402 | 21% | — |
| Bujbujawa · Bansi | 0 | — | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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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