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Adarsila 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, Adarsila ranks #201 of 241 villages in Sailana mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Adarsila is a village of 144 people in 30 households (Census 2011) in Sailana tehsil, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, the 201st-largest of 241 villages in Sailana tehsil. Literacy is 30%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 36% and the sex ratio is 920 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 457001, served by Ratlam City post office; the LGD village code is 470647. The sarpanch is sohanlal pargi. The population is estimated at 170 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khedikalan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adarsila · this village | 144 | 30% | — |
| Junwaniya · Sailana | 840 | 30% | — |
| Khedi Kalan · Sailana | 693 | 33% | — |
| Bhojpura · Sailana | 552 | 25% | — |
| Khedi Khurd · Sailana | 333 | 34% | — |
| Haldupada · Sailana | 293 | 25% | — |
| Dhavadiya · Sailana | — | — | — |
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.
Centred on Sailana mandal
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