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Phanda Khurd observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Huzur mandal is Radhe Krishna Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Phanda Khurd 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, Phanda Khurd ranks #111 of 184 villages in Huzur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phanda Khurd is a village of 539 people in 122 households (Census 2011) in Huzur tehsil, Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh, the 111th-largest of 184 villages in Huzur tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 982 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Bhopal district centre, 37 km from Kurawar, the nearest town, 2 km from Phanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 462030, served by Bairagarh post office; the LGD village code is 482477. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Toomda, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Varsha, and the village votes in Bhopal Uttar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Atif Arif Aqueel. The population is estimated at 635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Phandakalan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phanda Khurd · this village | 539 | 53% | — |
| Phanda Kala · Huzur | 3,525 | 58% | 0.1 km NW |
| Phanda · Shyampur | 490 | 48% | 0.5 km W |
| Jamni · Jobat | 2,565 | 33% | 2.2 km SW |
| Jamni · Sehore | 794 | 67% | 2.2 km SW |
| Pipaliya Dhakad · Huzur | 866 | 62% | 2.3 km E |
| Pipaliya Dhakad · Goharganj | 308 | 67% | 2.3 km E |
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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