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Jamua observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
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, Jamua ranks #45 of 71 villages in Sangrampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jamua ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਮੁੰਗੇਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Sangrampur ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 834 ਲੋਕਾਂ 176 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Sangrampur ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 71 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 45ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 74% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 56% ਤੋਂ 19 ਅੰਕ ਵੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 790 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਮੁੰਗੇਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 140 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Jamua ਤੋਂ 0 ਕਿਮੀ, Dhanwar ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 15 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 813212 ਹੈ, Sangrampur (Bhagalpur) ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 243287 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Dr. A.N.Ram General Hospital, 8 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਸਰਪੰਚ SARIKA SINGH ਹਨ; ਪਿੰਡ Mahishi ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Gautam Krishna। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 983, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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