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Tilai observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Andhratharhi mandal is VISHWAKARMA MANDIR CHAINPUR. No temple of this dedication is on record within Tilai 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.
By population, Tilai ranks #32 of 48 villages in Andhratharhi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tilai is a village of 1,944 people in 395 households (Census 2011) in Andhratharhi block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 48 villages in Andhratharhi block. Literacy is 47%, 5 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 847235, served by Rajnagar (Madhubani) post office; the LGD village code is 220650. The village votes in Mahishi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gautam Krishna. The population is estimated at 2,292 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mailam →
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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