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Itwa Santosh observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Patera mandal is Ghantaghar Garhkota. No temple of this dedication is on record within Itwa Santosh 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, Itwa Santosh ranks #105 of 159 villages in Patera mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Itwa Santosh is a village of 411 people in 102 households (Census 2011) in Patera tehsil, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, the 105th-largest of 159 villages in Patera tehsil. Literacy is 56%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,015 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 470772, served by Patera post office; the LGD village code is 461833. The sarpanch is ARTI CHANPURIYA, and the village votes in Pathariya assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lakhan Patel. The population is estimated at 485 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itwa Santosh · this village | 411 | 56% | — |
| Chhewla Dube · Patera | 1,109 | 61% | — |
| Madiya Devisingh · Patera | 859 | 60% | — |
| Semra Santosh · Patera | 119 | 66% | — |
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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