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Pararia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Nawanagar mandal is Sai Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pararia 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.
Pararia is a village in Nawanagar mandal, Buxar district, Bihar, with a population of 1,430 across 226 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60.1% and is located at 25.923°N, 86.857°E under PIN 802129.
By population, Pararia ranks #31 of 107 villages in Nawanagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pararia ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ Buxar ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Nawanagar ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 1,430 ਲੋਕਾਂ 226 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Nawanagar ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 107 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 31ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 60% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 54% ਤੋਂ 6 ਅੰਕ ਵੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 887 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ Buxar ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 118 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Parwa ਤੋਂ 6 ਕਿਮੀ, Budhma Station ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 3 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 802129 ਹੈ, Nawanagar (Buxar) ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 248915 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Satish Memorial Hospital And Research Center, 5 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਸਰਪੰਚ CHANDRAWATI DEVI ਹਨ; ਪਿੰਡ Makhdumpur ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Subedar Das। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 1,686, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ: Parmanpur →
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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