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Bam observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Baraut mandal is Shri shakumbhari devi temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bam 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.
Bam is a village in Baraut mandal, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,470 across 224 households. The village has a literacy rate of 74.5% and is located at coordinates 28.808°N, 77.720°E with PIN code 250611.
By population, Bam ranks #116 of 150 villages in Baraut mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bam हे उत्तर प्रदेशच्या बागपत जिल्ह्यातील Baraut तहसीलमधील 1,470 लोकसंख्येचे 224 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Baraut तहसीलमधील 150 गावांत 116वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 75% आहे, तहसील सरासरी 61% पेक्षा 14 गुण जास्त आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 861 स्त्रिया. हे बागपत जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 80 किमी, जवळचे शहर Ajraraपासून 10 किमी, Kaili रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 4 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 250611 आहे, Gandhi Chowk Baraut पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 119323 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Mission Mattison Memorial Hospital, 9 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच Sushma tyagi आहेत; गाव Kithore विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Shahid Manzoor. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 1,733, 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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