Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Gopalabedha observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
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, Gopalabedha ranks #227 of 310 villages in Khaira mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gopalabedha is a village of 174 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Khaira block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 227th-largest of 310 villages in Khaira block. Literacy is 84%, 12 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 1,047 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756048, served by Khaira (Baleswar) post office; the LGD village code is 393541. The sarpanch is ARATI MOHANTY, and the village votes in Begunia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu. The population is estimated at 205 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mahatipur →
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 Khaira mandal
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