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Barnigad Khatal observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
The principal temple recorded for Barnigad mandal is Nagthat. No temple of this dedication is on record within Barnigad Khatal 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.
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By population, Barnigad Khatal ranks #58 of 64 villages in Barnigad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barnigad Khatal is a village of 46 people in 11 households (Census 2011) in Barnigad tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 58th-largest of 64 villages in Barnigad tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 249171, served by Naugaon post office; the LGD village code is 40425. The village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 54 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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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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