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Egana observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Tikari mandal is maa durga mandir suryapura. No temple of this dedication is on record within Egana 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.
Egana is a village in Tikari mandal, Gaya district, Bihar. It has a population of 699 across 104 households, with a literacy rate of 70.4%. The village is located at coordinates 25.492°N, 85.943°E.
By population, Egana ranks #116 of 155 villages in Tikari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Egana ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ Gaya ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Tikari ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 699 ਲੋਕਾਂ 104 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Tikari ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 155 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 116ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 70% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 56% ਤੋਂ 15 ਅੰਕ ਵੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 963 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ Gaya ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 10 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Barauni ਤੋਂ 6 ਕਿਮੀ, Teghra ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 2 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 824236 ਹੈ, Tekari ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 254795 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Railway Hospital , Barauni, 5 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਪਿੰਡ Teghra ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Rajnish Kumar। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 824, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
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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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