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Madila Kalan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Churhat mandal is Badi Mai Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Madila Kalan 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, Madila Kalan ranks #76 of 132 villages in Churhat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Madila Kalan is a village of 312 people in 68 households (Census 2011) in Churhat tehsil, Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, the 76th-largest of 132 villages in Churhat tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,013 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 486775, served by Rampur Naikin post office; the LGD village code is 502560. The sarpanch is jyoti kol , and the village votes in Maihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shrikant Chaturvedi. The population is estimated at 368 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kotder Khurd →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madila Kalan · this village | 312 | 64% | — |
| Baliyar · Churhat | 518 | 47% | — |
| Kotdar Khurd · Churhat | 461 | 46% | — |
| Jhumar · Churhat | 422 | 47% | — |
| Badami · Churhat | 199 | 58% | — |
| Madila Khurd · Churhat | 140 | 67% | — |
| Kotdar Kalan · Churhat | 114 | 45% | — |
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 Churhat mandal
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