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Khadisinga observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Bhandari Pokhari mandal is Nilakantheswar Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Khadisinga 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, Khadisinga ranks #69 of 160 villages in Bhandari Pokhari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khadisinga is a village of 644 people in 150 households (Census 2011) in Bhandari Pokhari block, Bhadrak district, Odisha, the 69th-largest of 160 villages in Bhandari Pokhari block. Literacy is 79%, 2 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756120, served by Bhandari Pokhari post office; the LGD village code is 394536. The sarpanch is Renubala Rout, and the village votes in Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satrughan Jena. The population is estimated at 759 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ramachandrapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khadisinga · this village | 644 | 79% | — |
| Ramachandrapur · Bhandari Pokhari | 772 | 81% | — |
| Sampoi · Bhandari Pokhari | 648 | 85% | — |
| Parbati · Bhandari Pokhari | 558 | 78% | — |
| Sarapada · Bhandari Pokhari | 512 | 76% | — |
| Narayanpur · Bhandari Pokhari | 485 | 85% | — |
| Neulia · Bhandari Pokhari | 210 | 77% | — |
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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