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Sonhari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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, Sonhari ranks #81 of 85 villages in Mada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sonhari हे मध्य प्रदेशच्या सिंगरौली जिल्ह्यातील Mada तहसीलमधील 240 लोकसंख्येचे 50 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Mada तहसीलमधील 85 गावांत 81वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 55% आहे, तहसील सरासरी 46% पेक्षा 9 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 1,162 स्त्रिया. पिनकोड 486889 आहे, Singrauli Colliery पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 504068 आहे. सरपंच kripal das shah आहेत; गाव Dhauhani विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Kunwar Singh Tekam. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 283, 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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