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Salempur 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.
Salempur is a small village in Sandesh mandal, Bhojpur district, Bihar, with a population of 543 across 139 households. It has a literacy rate of 46.6% and is located at coordinates 26.297°N, 83.921°E.
By population, Salempur ranks #40 of 54 villages in Sandesh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Salempur బీహార్లోని భోజ్పూర్ జిల్లా, Sandesh బ్లాక్లో 543 జనాభా 139 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Sandesh బ్లాక్లోని 54 గ్రామాలలో 40వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 47%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 55% కంటే 9 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 866 మహిళలు. ఇది భోజ్పూర్ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 189 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Salempur నుండి 0 కి.మీ, Salempur Junction రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 1 లోపు కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 802164, Sandesh పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 246983. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Azad Nursing Home, <1 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ RAJ KUMARI DEVI; గ్రామం Barh అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Siyaram Singh. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 640, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Ahpura →
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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