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Nakon 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, Nakon ranks #334 of 689 villages in Robertsganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nakon is a village of 472 people in 101 households (Census 2011) in Robertsganj tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 334th-largest of 689 villages in Robertsganj tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 9 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 231213, served by Ram Garh post office; the LGD village code is 213732. The sarpanch is SANGEETA CHAUBE, and the village votes in Salon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashok Kumar. The population is estimated at 556 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Naudiha →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakon · this village | 472 | 63% | — |
| Naudiha · Robertsganj | 782 | 38% | — |
| Baghila Rampur · Robertsganj | 523 | 48% | — |
| Khatkhary · Robertsganj | 73 | 66% | — |
| Bhagwantpur · Robertsganj | 49 | 74% | — |
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 Robertsganj mandal
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