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Sarath observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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, Sarath ranks #81 of 120 villages in Goradih mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarath ബിഹാർയിലെ Bhagalpur ജില്ല, Goradih ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 67 പേർ 12 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Goradih ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 120 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 81-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 70%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 45% നേക്കാൾ 25 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 914 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 813210, Sabour പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 239943. പ്രസിഡന്റ് RANJANA BHARITI; ഗ്രാമം Suryagarha നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Ramanand Mandal. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 79, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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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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