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Barkheda Adwar 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, Barkheda Adwar ranks #61 of 83 villages in Nateran mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkheda Adwar is a village of 478 people in 107 households (Census 2011) in Nateran tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 61st-largest of 83 villages in Nateran tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 831 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Vidisha district centre, 54 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 25 km from Pabai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464258, served by Nateran post office; the LGD village code is 481423. The nearest hospital or health centre is Preetanand Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is kailash ahirwar, and the village votes in Shamshabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surya Prakash Meena. The population is estimated at 564 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Rinia →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkheda Adwar · this village | 478 | 57% | — |
| Rinia · Nateran | 1,068 | 65% | 1.1 km SE |
| Riniya · Sironj | 912 | 56% | 1.6 km SE |
| Bhaironpura · Beerpur | 716 | 47% | 1.7 km S |
| Khejada Shamsabad · Nateran | 563 | 54% | 3 km N |
| Sirsi · Nateran | 354 | 59% | 3 km SE |
| Satisi · Nateran | 417 | 64% | 3.5 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.
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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