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Reported by Bhaskar English.
Mundhari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
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, Mundhari ranks #74 of 85 villages in Bhitarwar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mundhari is a village of 270 people in 56 households (Census 2011) in Bhitarwar tehsil, Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh, the 74th-largest of 85 villages in Bhitarwar tehsil. Literacy is 54%, about the same as the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 24 km from the Gwalior district centre, 22 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 23 km from Mohana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475220, served by Bhitarwar post office; the LGD village code is 454203. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 13 km away. The sarpanch is kamlesh jatav, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 318 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dongarpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundhari · this village | 270 | 54% | — |
| Dongarpur · Bhitarwar | 1,010 | 50% | 1.8 km N |
| Chitoli · Bhitarwar | 1,835 | 46% | 1.8 km S |
| Chitoli · Dabra | 365 | 56% | 1.8 km S |
| Khor · Bhitarwar | 688 | 49% | 2 km E |
| Deori Kalan · Chaurai | 768 | 60% | 2.8 km S |
| Deori Kalan · Kothi | 339 | 78% | 2.8 km S |
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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