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Mahkara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Belhar mandal is Raghav Das ke Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mahkara 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, Mahkara ranks #70 of 172 villages in Belhar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mahkara பீகார், பாங்கா மாவட்டம், Belhar வட்டாரம்ல் 835 பேர் 150 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Belhar வட்டாரம்ன் 172 கிராமங்களில் 70வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 53%, வட்டாரம் சராசரி 50% விட 3 புள்ளிகள் அதிகம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 851 பெண்கள். அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 813202, Belhar அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 241549. ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் NANDESHWARI YADAV; கிராமம் Hayaghat சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Ram Chandra Prasad. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 984 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
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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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