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Pachaut observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Beldaur mandal is Birnawan Devi Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pachaut 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.
By population, Pachaut ranks #6 of 29 villages in Beldaur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pachaut हे बिहारच्या खगरिया जिल्ह्यातील Beldaur ब्लॉकमधील 10,450 लोकसंख्येचे 2,106 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Beldaur ब्लॉकमधील 29 गावांत 6वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 35% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 40% पेक्षा 5 गुण कमी आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 933 स्त्रिया. पिनकोड 852161 आहे, Beldaur पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 238690 आहे. सरपंच VEENA DEVI आहेत; गाव Nalanda विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Shrawon Kumar. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 12,321, 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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