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Muradpur(Part In Sameli) * 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, Muradpur(Part In Sameli) * ranks #1 of 30 villages in Kursela mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Muradpur(Part In Sameli) * is a village of 37,174 people in 7,362 households (Census 2011) in Kursela block, Katihar district, Bihar, the largest of 30 villages in Kursela block. Literacy is 46%, about the same as the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854101, served by Ayodhyaganj Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 225655. The population is estimated at 43,828 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: North Muradpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muradpur(Part In Sameli) * · this village | 37,174 | 46% | — |
| Balthi · Kursela | 1,878 | 33% | — |
| Dhobinia Milik Dakhinwari · Kursela | 357 | 65% | — |
| Dhobinia Milik Uttarwari · Kursela | 0 | — | — |
| Dhobinia Milik Dakhinwari · Kursela | — | — | — |
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.
Centred on Katihar district
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