Rajasthan Weather: Jaisalmer Hits 42.9°C as Monsoon Withdrawal Continues, Rain Likely to Weaken
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Tota 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, Tota ranks #71 of 176 villages in Pokaran mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tota is a village of 742 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Pokaran tehsil, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, the 71st-largest of 176 villages in Pokaran tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 44% and the sex ratio is 855 women per 1,000 men. It lies 62 km from the Jaisalmer district centre, 30 km from Odhaniya Chacha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 345023, served by Ramdeora post office; the LGD village code is 86253. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Loharki, 11 km away. The village votes in Lohawat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gajendra Singh. The population is estimated at 875 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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