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Bandipur 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, Bandipur ranks #39 of 194 villages in Lateri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bandipur is a village of 953 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Lateri tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 39th-largest of 194 villages in Lateri tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 8 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 918 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Vidisha district centre, 29 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 41 km from Raghogarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464114, served by Lateri post office; the LGD village code is 480469. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr R.S Lodhi Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is narvada prasad chidar, and the village votes in Sironj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Umakant Sharma. The population is estimated at 1,124 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandipur · this village | 953 | 54% | — |
| Okhli Kheda · Lateri | 1,612 | 52% | 2.2 km SW |
| Karaikheda Kalan · Sironj | 768 | 60% | 2.7 km N |
| Ibrahimpur · Sironj | 528 | 48% | 2.7 km E |
| Sirajnagar · Lateri | 442 | 40% | 3.4 km S |
| Korwai · Sironj | 784 | 57% | 3.5 km E |
| Khairkhedi Kalan · Lateri | 661 | 52% | 3.8 km SW |
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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