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Koia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Azamnagar mandal is Jama-e-Masjid Katihar Medical College. No temple of this dedication is on record within Koia 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.
By population, Koia ranks #149 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Koia ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ ਕਟਿਹਾਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Azamnagar ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 547 ਲੋਕਾਂ 107 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Azamnagar ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 234 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 149ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 27% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 38% ਤੋਂ 12 ਅੰਕ ਘੱਟ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 1,128 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 855113 ਹੈ, Salmari ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 225108 ਹੈ। ਪਿੰਡ Katihar ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Tarkishore Prasad। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 645, 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.
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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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