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Bathani observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Sonhaula mandal is Bari Bhagawati Asthan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bathani 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.
Bathani is a small village in Sonhaula mandal, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, with a population of 190 across 38 households and a literacy rate of 52.1%. The village has railway access and is situated at 24.997°N, 85.277°E.
By population, Bathani ranks #126 of 177 villages in Sonhaula mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bathani బీహార్లోని భగల్పూర్ జిల్లా, Sonhaula బ్లాక్లో 190 జనాభా 38 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Sonhaula బ్లాక్లోని 177 గ్రామాలలో 126వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 52%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 44% కంటే 8 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 1,088 మహిళలు. ఇది భగల్పూర్ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 174 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Baragaon నుండి 23 కి.మీ, Katari రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 1 లోపు కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 813204, Ekchari పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 240288. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Government Hospital, Jethian, 9 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ MANZAR ALAM; గ్రామం Bihpur అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Kumar Shailendra. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 224, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Madhopur Bathani →
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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