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Daherkala 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, Daherkala ranks #183 of 303 villages in Raniganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Daherkala is a village of 872 people in 148 households (Census 2011) in Raniganj tehsil, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, the 183rd-largest of 303 villages in Raniganj tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,363 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 230302, served by Jamtali post office; the LGD village code is 159620. The sarpanch is RENU SINGH, and the village votes in Hardoi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nitin Agarwal. The population is estimated at 1,028 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Daherkala →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daherkala · this village | 872 | 54% | — |
| Daherkhurd · Raniganj | 545 | 56% | — |
| Prajapatipur · Raniganj | 520 | 69% | — |
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.
Centred on Raniganj mandal
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