Kharod observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
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Kharod is a village in Badamba mandal, Cuttack district, Odisha, with a population of 1,986 across 498 households and a literacy rate of 65%. It is located at coordinates 20.451°N, 85.225°E.
By population, Kharod ranks #21 of 137 villages in Badamba mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharod is a village of 1,986 people in 498 households (Census 2011) in Badamba block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 21st-largest of 137 villages in Badamba block. Literacy is 65%, 7 points below the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Cuttack district centre, 31 km from Bolagarh Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754034; the LGD village code is 398721. The nearest hospital or health centre is Utkal Kidney Foundation Clinic, 6 km away. The village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 2,341 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dasarathipur →
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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