Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Harki observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Bhograi mandal is Gobind Jiu Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Harki itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Harki ranks #160 of 271 villages in Bhograi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harki is a village of 484 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Bhograi block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 160th-largest of 271 villages in Bhograi block. Literacy is 78%, 3 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,025 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756036, served by Dehurda post office; the LGD village code is 391600. The sarpanch is SANGITA RANI MOHANTY, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 571 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Analia →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harki · this village | 484 | 78% | — |
| Mankunda · Bhograi | 1,674 | 79% | — |
| Analia · Bhograi | 1,255 | 75% | — |
| Khersahi · Bhograi | 1,135 | 76% | — |
| Nrusinghapur · Bhograi | 894 | 74% | — |
| Nasrabad · Bhograi | 831 | 80% | — |
| Champabanipatna · Bhograi | 310 | 78% | — |
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.
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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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