Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Harekrushnapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Nilagiri mandal is Sambhugopal Math. No temple of this dedication is on record within Harekrushnapur 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, Harekrushnapur ranks #154 of 192 villages in Nilagiri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harekrushnapur is a village of 153 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Nilagiri block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 154th-largest of 192 villages in Nilagiri block. Literacy is 83%, 23 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 700 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756042, served by Bahanaga post office; the LGD village code is 393236. The sarpanch is SADHANA MOHALIK, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 180 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Iswarpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harekrushnapur · this village | 153 | 83% | — |
| Tartua · Nilagiri | 1,379 | 72% | — |
| Iswarpur · Nilagiri | 1,197 | 81% | — |
| Bahabalpur · Nilagiri | 1,003 | 62% | — |
| Bankipada · Nilagiri | 912 | 71% | — |
| Nimnigadia · Nilagiri | 735 | 70% | — |
| Andara · Nilagiri | 625 | 81% | — |
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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