Rajasthan first State in northern India to complete digital identification of farmers
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Balapura observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
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.
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By population, Balapura ranks #27 of 54 villages in Arain mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balapura is a village of 1,009 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Arain tehsil, Ajmer district, Rajasthan, the 27th-largest of 54 villages in Arain tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 305801, served by Aditya Mills post office; the LGD village code is 91544. The village votes in Kishangarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vikash Choudhary. The population is estimated at 300 in 2026, down 70% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhasook →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balapura · this village | 1,009 | 38% | — |
| Dhasook · Arain | 3,165 | 53% | — |
| Pandarwara · Arain | 802 | 39% | — |
| Kishanpura · Arain | 226 | 61% | — |
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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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