Rajasthan first State in northern India to complete digital identification of farmers
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Gurha Hemadai 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.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Gurha Hemadai ranks #39 of 113 villages in Jaitaran mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gurha Hemadai is a village of 1,700 people in 335 households (Census 2011) in Jaitaran tehsil, Beawar district, Rajasthan, the 39th-largest of 113 villages in Jaitaran tehsil. Literacy is 26%, 21 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 881 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Beawar district centre, 9 km from Jhalamand, the nearest town, 10 km from Ras railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 306101, served by Babra (Pali) post office; the LGD village code is 90439. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Karnos, 7 km away. The village votes in Jaitaran assembly constituency, represented by MLA Avinash Gehlot. The population is estimated at 2,004 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sewariya →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurha Hemadai · this village | 1,700 | 26% | — |
| Sewariya · Jaitaran | 3,155 | 47% | 2.3 km W |
| Lakhasani · Jaitaran | 117 | 44% | 3.7 km SE |
| Ganeshpura · Merta | 397 | 55% | 4.3 km SW |
| Kotariya · Jaitaran | 2,019 | 29% | 5.8 km N |
| Kaisarpura · Peesangan | 1,916 | 36% | 5.5 km E |
| Paliyawas · Jaitaran | 1,400 | 39% | 6.7 km S |
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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