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Achitpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttar Pradesh.
Temples near Achitpur
Named places of worship on record
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.
Achitpur is a village in Chunar mandal, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 1,280 across 238 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.1% and is located at coordinates 25.229°N, 83.033°E.
By population, Achitpur ranks #190 of 621 villages in Chunar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Achitpur is a village of 1,280 people in 238 households (Census 2011) in Chunar tehsil, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, the 190th-largest of 621 villages in Chunar tehsil. Literacy is 53%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 59% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 214 km from the Mirzapur district centre, 37 km from Majhgain, the nearest town, 3 km from Jeonathpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 231305, served by Narainpur (Mirzapur) post office; the LGD village code is 212653. The nearest hospital or health centre is Satya Hospital and Maternity Centre, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Rubi Chaurasiya, and the village votes in Mohanlalganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amresh Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,509 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Achitpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achitpur · this village | 1,280 | 53% | — |
| Rasul Ganj · Chunar | 1,487 | 45% | 1.5 km N |
| Hakanipur Kalan · Chunar | 0 | — | 1.6 km S |
| Bishesharpur Mafi · Chunar | 2,105 | 66% | 2.5 km S |
| Kataka · Jaunpur | 645 | 60% | 4.7 km S |
| Kataka · Jaisinghpur | 376 | 62% | 4.7 km S |
| Kataka · Colonelganj | 1,703 | 32% | 4.7 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.
2 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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