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Semra 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.
Semra is a village in Itwa mandal, Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 2,171 distributed among 290 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.3% and is situated at coordinates 26.493°N, 84.141°E with postal code 272192.
By population, Semra ranks #36 of 459 villages in Itwa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Semra is a village of 2,171 people in 290 households (Census 2011) in Itwa tehsil, Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, the 36th-largest of 459 villages in Itwa tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 16 points above the tehsil average of 42% and the sex ratio is 1,116 women per 1,000 men. It lies 259 km from the Siddharthnagar district centre, 0 km from Semra, the nearest town, 9 km from Panchdeori Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 272192, served by Itwa post office; the LGD village code is 177873. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 6 km away. The sarpanch is abdul majeed, and the village votes in Katra Bazar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bawan Singh. The population is estimated at 2,560 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Semra (Pachpedwa) →
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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