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Kurlamunda 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.
Kurlamunda is a village in Bijepur mandal, Bargarh district, Odisha, with a population of 447 across 117 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64%.
By population, Kurlamunda ranks #89 of 109 villages in Bijepur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kurlamunda is a village of 447 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Bijepur block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 89th-largest of 109 villages in Bijepur block. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Bargarh district centre, 33 km from Tora, the nearest town, 14 km from Dungripali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768032, served by Bijepur post office; the LGD village code is 380372. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ramakrishna Poly Clinic, 16 km away. The sarpanch is PANKAJINI MAHANANDA , and the village votes in Bijepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanat Kumar Gartia. The population is estimated at 527 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badbausen →
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.
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