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Churthara 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.
Churthara is a village in Jalesar mandal, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh. The village has a population of 1,528 across 249 households and a literacy rate of 56.3%.
By population, Churthara ranks #70 of 152 villages in Jalesar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Churthara is a village of 1,528 people in 249 households (Census 2011) in Jalesar tehsil, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh, the 70th-largest of 152 villages in Jalesar tehsil. Literacy is 56%, about the same as the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 87 km from the Etah district centre, 11 km from Fariha, the nearest town, 7 km from Kuswa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 207301, served by Awagarh post office; the LGD village code is 215268. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Jatau, 19 km away. The sarpanch is Vartika Singh, and the village votes in Kaimganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Surabhi. The population is estimated at 1,802 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Churthra →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churthara · this village | 1,528 | 56% | — |
| Awagarh · Jalesar | 7,616 | 53% | 6 km NE |
| Garhi Kalyan · Firozabad | 1,471 | 61% | 6.6 km S |
| Sheola Rampur · Firozabad | 1,567 | 59% | 6.6 km SW |
| Kaitha · Ghatampur | 2,982 | 68% | 6.9 km S |
| Kaitha · Jalalpur | 1,130 | 67% | 6.9 km S |
| Kaitha · Sawayajpur | 1,014 | 53% | 6.9 km S |
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.
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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