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Khaira observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Konch mandal is maa durga mandir suryapura. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khaira 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.
Khaira is a village in Konch mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 1,363 across 192 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.8% and is located at coordinates 24.872°N, 86.207°E, with postal code 824207.
By population, Khaira ranks #50 of 141 villages in Konch mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khaira हे बिहारच्या गया जिल्ह्यातील Konch ब्लॉकमधील 1,363 लोकसंख्येचे 192 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Konch ब्लॉकमधील 141 गावांत 50वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 54% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 55% पेक्षा 1 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 978 स्त्रिया. हे गया जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 83 किमी, जवळचे शहर Khairaपासून 0 किमी, Chaura BH रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 10 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 824207 आहे, Konch (Gaya) पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 254667 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Government Hospital, Khaira, <1 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Begusarai विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Kundan Kumar. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 1,607, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
ग्रामपंचायत: Simra →
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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