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Gogsand observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Piro mandal is chaurain mahavir mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Gogsand 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.
Gogsand is a village in Piro mandal, Bhojpur district, Bihar with a population of 937 across 149 households. The literacy rate is 60%. The village is located at coordinates 25.320°N, 84.352°E.
By population, Gogsand ranks #73 of 109 villages in Piro mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gogsand ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ ਭੋਜਪੁਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Piro ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 937 ਲੋਕਾਂ 149 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Piro ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 109 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 73ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 60% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 59% ਤੋਂ 2 ਅੰਕ ਵੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 848 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਭੋਜਪੁਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 132 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Kulharia ਤੋਂ 11 ਕਿਮੀ, Nonar Halt ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 4 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 802202 ਹੈ, Agiaon Bazar ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 247362 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ karuna hospital, 13 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਸਰਪੰਚ LAKMINA DEVI ਹਨ; ਪਿੰਡ Shahpur ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Rakesh Ranjan। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 1,105, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ: Katariya →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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