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Garautha Khas 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.
By population, Garautha Khas ranks #111 of 153 villages in Garautha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Garautha Khas is a village of 507 people in 98 households (Census 2011) in Garautha tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, the 111th-largest of 153 villages in Garautha tehsil. Literacy is 80%, 18 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 773 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 284203, served by Garautha post office; the LGD village code is 152359. The sarpanch is Rama, and the village votes in Bhognipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rakesh Sachan. The population is estimated at 598 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Durkhuroo →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garautha Khas · this village | 507 | 80% | — |
| Durkhuroo · Garautha | 2,497 | 54% | — |
| Garautha Khurd · Garautha | 675 | 67% | — |
| Eskil Khurd · Garautha | 1 | 100% | — |
| Raipura · Garautha | 0 | — | — |
| Rund Garautha · Garautha | 0 | — | — |
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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