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Pachara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Garhakota mandal is Hanuman Mandir Chhapri. No temple of this dedication is on record within Pachara 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.
Pachara is a village in Garhakota mandal, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of 445 across 114 households with a literacy rate of 59.8%.
By population, Pachara ranks #68 of 107 villages in Garhakota mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pachara is a village of 445 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Garhakota tehsil, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 68th-largest of 107 villages in Garhakota tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 63 km from the Sagar district centre, 12 km from Patharia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 470232, served by Garhakota Nadipar post office; the LGD village code is 461024. The nearest hospital or health centre is Adarsh Medical Stores, 6 km away. The sarpanch is sharda sor, and the village votes in Banda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Veerendra Singh Lodhi. The population is estimated at 525 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pipariya Gupal (P) →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pachara · this village | 445 | 60% | — |
| Pachara · Baroni | 308 | 54% | 0 km N |
| Pachara · Khaniyadhana | 320 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Pipariya Gupal · Garhakota | 1,844 | 61% | 0.4 km NW |
| Neguwan · Patera | 67 | 25% | 2.2 km NW |
| Khiriya Khawas · Garhakota | 513 | 65% | 3.6 km NE |
| Charkhari · Beohari | 1,917 | 53% | 4 km N |
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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