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Khawaspur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Kadwa mandal is Ashirwad club kalibari. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khawaspur 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.
Khawaspur is a small village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar with a population of 301 across 53 households. It has a literacy rate of 15.6% and is located at coordinates 25.358°N, 87.391°E.
By population, Khawaspur ranks #186 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khawaspur हे बिहारच्या कटिहार जिल्ह्यातील Kadwa ब्लॉकमधील 301 लोकसंख्येचे 53 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Kadwa ब्लॉकमधील 264 गावांत 186वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 16% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 40% पेक्षा 25 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 847 स्त्रिया. हे कटिहार जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 54 किमी, जवळचे शहर Khawaspur Diara Urf Topraपासून 3 किमी, Lakshmipur Bhorang रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 8 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 855105 आहे, Durgaganj पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 224475 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Sub-health centre,Pirpainti, 7 किमी अंतरावर. गाव Purnia विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Vijay Kumar Khemka. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 355, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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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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