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Pur 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.
Pur is a village in Akbarpur mandal, Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. It has a population of 2,347 across 447 households with a literacy rate of 69.5%. The village is located at coordinates 26.557°N, 78.722°E.
By population, Pur ranks #50 of 173 villages in Akbarpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pur is a village of 2,347 people in 447 households (Census 2011) in Akbarpur tehsil, Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh, the 50th-largest of 173 villages in Akbarpur tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 65% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. It lies 130 km from the Kanpur Dehat district centre, 0 km from Pur, the nearest town, 5 km from Itehar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 209303, served by Rura post office; the LGD village code is 149310. The nearest hospital or health centre is Harsh Clinic, 6 km away. The sarpanch is gulab singh, and the village votes in Safipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bamba Lal. The population is estimated at 2,767 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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