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Sujia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Barapali mandal is Leaning Temple of Huma. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sujia 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, Sujia ranks #45 of 74 villages in Barapali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sujia is a village of 937 people in 251 households (Census 2011) in Barapali block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 45th-largest of 74 villages in Barapali block. Literacy is 57%, 10 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 985 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Bargarh district centre, 26 km from Tora, the nearest town, 6 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768029, served by Barpali post office; the LGD village code is 380476. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jeevan Jyoti Health Care Centre, 8 km away. The sarpanch is HIMANCHAL SAHU, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 1,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhatigaon →
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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