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Bahuwara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Sheosagar mandal is maa durga mandir suryapura. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bahuwara 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.
Bahuwara is a village in Sheosagar mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 1,000 across 159 households. The literacy rate is 52.8%. It is located at coordinates 25.331°N, 83.928°E with PIN code 821111.
By population, Bahuwara ranks #67 of 201 villages in Sheosagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahuwara பீகார், ரோத்தாஸ் மாவட்டம், Sheosagar வட்டாரம்ல் 1,000 பேர் 159 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Sheosagar வட்டாரம்ன் 201 கிராமங்களில் 67வது பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 53%, வட்டாரம் சராசரி 57% விட 4 புள்ளிகள் குறைவு மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 862 பெண்கள். இது ரோத்தாஸ் மாவட்டத் தலைமையகத்திலிருந்து 124 கி.மீ, அருகிலுள்ள நகரம் Kochasலிருந்து 11 கி.மீ, Chausa ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து 19 கி.மீ அமைந்துள்ளது (நேர்கோட்டு தூரம்). அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 821111, Sheosagar அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 252136. அருகிலுள்ள மருத்துவமனை Government Hospital, Indaur, 11 கி.மீ தொலைவில். ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் JAI PRAKASH CHAURASIA; கிராமம் Bachhwara சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Surendra Mehta. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 1,179 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.
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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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