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Basant Patti observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Purnahiya mandal is barama baba sato mai. No temple of this dedication is on record within Basant Patti 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, Basant Patti ranks #8 of 26 villages in Purnahiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basant Patti is a village of 4,277 people in 931 households (Census 2011) in Purnahiya block, Sheohar district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 26 villages in Purnahiya block. Literacy is 45%, 1 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 940 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843334, served by Piprarhi post office; the LGD village code is 218780. The sarpanch is SANJAY KUMAR, and the village votes in Sugauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Gupta. The population is estimated at 5,043 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpatti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basant Patti · this village | 4,277 | 45% | — |
| Purnahia Chandandih · Purnahiya | 3,016 | 43% | — |
| Bedaul Adam · Purnahiya | 2,119 | 43% | — |
| Bedaul Baz · Purnahiya | 2,008 | 59% | — |
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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