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Porai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Porai
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Dariapur mandal is Manokamna Mahavir Mandir, Sormar. No temple of this dedication is on record within Porai 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.
Porai is a village in Dariapur mandal, Saran district, Bihar, with a population of 1,772 across 321 households and a literacy rate of 51%. The village has three shops, one ATM, a hospital, a primary health centre, and a post office.
By population, Porai ranks #59 of 197 villages in Dariapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Porai ബിഹാർയിലെ സരണ് ജില്ല, Dariapur ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 1,772 പേർ 321 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Dariapur ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 197 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 59-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 51%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 48% നേക്കാൾ 3 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 982 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് സരണ് ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 59 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Barahൽ നിന്ന് 4 കി.മീ, Harnaut റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 2 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 841217, Nayagaon പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 234219. ഗ്രാമത്തിലോ സമീപത്തോ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിയവ: primary school, primary health centre, post office. ഗ്രാമം Kalyanpur നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Maheshwar Hazari. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 2,089, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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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