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Tola Bastiyadih 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, Tola Bastiyadih ranks #125 of 195 villages in Jhajha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tola Bastiyadih is a village of 395 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Jhajha block, Jamui district, Bihar, the 125th-largest of 195 villages in Jhajha block. Literacy is 51%, 8 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811308, served by Jhajha post office; the LGD village code is 259031. The sarpanch is MANJU DEVI, and the village votes in Manihari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manohar Prasad Singh. The population is estimated at 466 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khuranda →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tola Bastiyadih · this village | 395 | 51% | — |
| Tola Khuranda · Jhajha | 2,456 | 38% | — |
| Tola Godaia · Jhajha | 1,695 | 53% | — |
| Tola Bathnabaran · Jhajha | 1,429 | 32% | — |
| Tola Patao · Jhajha | 1,297 | 50% | — |
| Tola Lilabaran · Jhajha | 877 | 41% | — |
| Tola Bangawan · Jhajha | 757 | 44% | — |
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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