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Jitabaid (6) observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Punjab.
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.
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By population, Jitabaid (6) ranks #229 of 266 villages in Dasua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jitabaid (6) is a village of 126 people in 28 households (Census 2011) in Dasua tehsil, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, the 229th-largest of 266 villages in Dasua tehsil. Literacy is 88%, 13 points above the tehsil average of 75% and the sex ratio is 969 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 144221, served by Hajipur post office; the LGD village code is 30837. The sarpanch is HARJIT SINGH. The population is estimated at 149 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Raja Kalan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jitabaid (6) · this village | 126 | 88% | — |
| Raja Kalan (5) · Dasua | 622 | 83% | — |
| Shekhpur Khurd (7) · Dasua | 3 | 100% | — |
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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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