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Pachrukhi 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, Pachrukhi ranks #97 of 186 villages in Shambhuganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pachrukhi is a village of 464 people in 110 households (Census 2011) in Shambhuganj block, Banka district, Bihar, the 97th-largest of 186 villages in Shambhuganj block. Literacy is 13%, 40 points below the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 925 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813211, served by Shambhuganj post office; the LGD village code is 240419. The sarpanch is BIBI FARJINA BEGAM, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 547 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chutiya Belari →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pachrukhi · this village | 464 | 13% | — |
| Chutia · Shambhuganj | 5,024 | 44% | — |
| Belari · Shambhuganj | 4,647 | 48% | — |
| Mahthudih · Shambhuganj | 2,573 | 27% | — |
| Chutia Milik · Shambhuganj | 0 | — | — |
| Chutia Arazi · Shambhuganj | 0 | — | — |
| Morhia · Shambhuganj | 0 | — | — |
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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