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Jitwarpur Kumhra observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Sarairanjan mandal is Jagdamba Asthan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Jitwarpur Kumhra 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, Jitwarpur Kumhra ranks #3 of 61 villages in Sarairanjan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jitwarpur Kumhra is a village of 12,574 people in 2,392 households (Census 2011) in Sarairanjan block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 61 villages in Sarairanjan block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848127, served by Sarairanjan post office; the LGD village code is 236924. The sarpanch is NAVIN KUMAR SINGH, and the village votes in Raghopur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tejashwi Yadav. The population is estimated at 14,825 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jitwarpur Kumhira →
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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