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Alampur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Barh mandal is Sankat Mochan hanuman Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Alampur 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.
Alampur is a small village in Barh mandal, Patna district, Bihar with a population of 544 across 90 households. The village has a literacy rate of 58.6%.
By population, Alampur ranks #45 of 47 villages in Barh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alampur ബിഹാർയിലെ പാറ്റ്ന ജില്ല, Barh ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 544 പേർ 90 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Barh ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 47 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 45-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 59%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 48% നേക്കാൾ 11 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 936 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് പാറ്റ്ന ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 192 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Kusahaൽ നിന്ന് 4 കി.മീ, Azamnagar Road റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 3 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 803213, Barh (Patna) പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 246420. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Government Hospital, Salmari, 7 കി.മീ അകലെ. ഗ്രാമം Parbatta നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Babulal Shorya. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 641, 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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