Odisha: 70-year-old woman rescued after 12 hours of being swept into Brahmani River
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Odanga observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Odanga
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Agarpada mandal is Upper Bagh Devi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Odanga 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.
Odanga is a village in Agarpada mandal, Bhadrak district, Odisha, with a population of 1,129 across 257 households. The village has a literacy rate of 69.1% and is situated at coordinates 20.792°N, 86.143°E.
By population, Odanga ranks #9 of 48 villages in Agarpada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Odanga is a village of 1,129 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Agarpada block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 48 villages in Agarpada block. Literacy is 69%, 3 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 102 km from the Bhadrak district centre, 7 km from New Garh Madhopur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756115, served by B T Pur post office; the LGD village code is 394340. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nishikanta Kar Clinic, 7 km away. The sarpanch is LAXMIPRIYA DAS, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 1,331 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Odanga →
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.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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