Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Chormara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Jaleswar mandal is kamagarh village tempule. No temple of this dedication is on record within Chormara 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, Chormara ranks #8 of 200 villages in Jaleswar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chormara is a village of 3,162 people in 724 households (Census 2011) in Jaleswar block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 200 villages in Jaleswar block. Literacy is 67%, 1 points below the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756088; the LGD village code is 392165. The sarpanch is INDIRA KAMILA, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 3,728 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chormara →
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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