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Hata observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Dumraon mandal is maa durga mandir suryapura. No temple of this dedication is on record within Hata 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.
Hata is a village in Dumraon mandal, Buxar district, Bihar, with a population of 587 across 92 households. It has a literacy rate of 53.2% and is located at 26.740°N, 83.744°E under PIN code 802119.
By population, Hata ranks #50 of 94 villages in Dumraon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hata ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ Buxar ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Dumraon ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 587 ਲੋਕਾਂ 92 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Dumraon ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 94 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 50ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 53% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 56% ਤੋਂ 3 ਅੰਕ ਘੱਟ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 894 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ Buxar ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 242 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Babhani ਤੋਂ 26 ਕਿਮੀ, Gauri Bazar ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 18 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 802119 ਹੈ, Dumraon ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 248127 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Kushinagar Clinic, 15 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਸਰਪੰਚ prabhawati devi ਹਨ; ਪਿੰਡ Bachhwara ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Surendra Mehta। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 692, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ: Kushalpur →
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.
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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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