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Khajuri observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar 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.
Khajuri is a village in Harraiya mandal, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, located at 27.531°N, 77.840°E. The village has a population of 366 across 65 households, with a literacy rate of 56% and postal code 272127.
By population, Khajuri ranks #888 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khajuri is a village of 366 people in 65 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 888th-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 812 women per 1,000 men. It lies 283 km from the Basti district centre, 7 km from Pachawar, the nearest town, 6 km from Sonai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 272127, served by Amorha post office; the LGD village code is 180048. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Sonai, 7 km away. The sarpanch is SHAHNAJ BANO, and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 432 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pure Hemraj →
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.
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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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