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Tikari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Begamganj mandal is Shani Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Tikari 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, Tikari ranks #166 of 226 villages in Begamganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tikari is a village of 215 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Begamganj tehsil, Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh, the 166th-largest of 226 villages in Begamganj tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 464881, served by Begumganj post office; the LGD village code is 484224. The sarpanch is Shyamrani chadhar, and the village votes in Silwani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Patel. The population is estimated at 253 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jamuniya Ta Khotikho →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tikari · this village | 215 | 45% | — |
| Jamuniya Ta. Kothikho · Begamganj | 431 | 65% | — |
| Bamhori Ta.Kothikho · Begamganj | 347 | 61% | — |
| Gundrai · Begamganj | 213 | 52% | — |
| Jhamra · Begamganj | 119 | 57% | — |
| Mehgawan Ta. Kothikho · Begamganj | 2 | 100% | — |
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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