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Shekhpura observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Jalalpur mandal is VISHWAKARMA MANDIR CHAINPUR. No temple of this dedication is on record within Shekhpura 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.
Shekhpura is a small village in Jalalpur mandal, Saran district, Bihar, with a population of 421 across 75 households. The literacy rate is 48%. The village is situated at 25.947°N, 87.878°E.
By population, Shekhpura ranks #62 of 71 villages in Jalalpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekhpura is a village of 421 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Jalalpur block, Saran district, Bihar, the 62nd-largest of 71 villages in Jalalpur block. Literacy is 48%, 9 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. It lies 204 km from the Saran district centre, 6 km from Sonapur, the nearest town, 3 km from Surja Kama railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841403, served by Baniapur post office; the LGD village code is 233526. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 650 in 2026, up 54% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Anwal →
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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