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Paranpura observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Dhanarua mandal is brahmakumaris prabhu pasand bhawan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Paranpura 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, Paranpura ranks #75 of 122 villages in Dhanarua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Paranpura is a village of 892 people in 141 households (Census 2011) in Dhanarua block, Patna district, Bihar, the 75th-largest of 122 villages in Dhanarua block. Literacy is 53%, 3 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 804451, served by Hazrat Sain post office; the LGD village code is 245940. The sarpanch is AMINDRA PRASAD, and the village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 1,052 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gobindpur Baurhi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paranpura · this village | 892 | 53% | — |
| Baurihi · Dhanarua | 4,098 | 53% | — |
| Kashinagar · Dhanarua | 1,947 | 46% | — |
| Seoti · Dhanarua | 1,798 | 61% | — |
| Sisauna · Dhanarua | 1,213 | 62% | — |
| Muhammadpur · Dhanarua | 1,117 | 61% | — |
| Gobindpur · Dhanarua | 630 | 31% | — |
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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