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Bijamal 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, Bijamal ranks #15 of 38 villages in Burdenp.S. mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bijamal is a village of 586 people in 152 households (Census 2011) in Burdenp.S. block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 15th-largest of 38 villages in Burdenp.S. block. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768036, served by Rajborasamber post office; the LGD village code is 380028. The sarpanch is Damayanti Pandey, and the village votes in Padampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Barsha Singh Bariha. The population is estimated at 691 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dahita →
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.
Centred on Burdenp.S. mandal
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