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Haladia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Mahanga mandal is Shiva mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Haladia 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.
Cuttack frames its goddesses against chandi medha — backdrops worked in the city's own silver filigree. The first was raised at Choudhury Bazar in 1956; they now stand twenty to twenty-five feet and carry between one and six quintals of silver, and by 2023 the city counted thirty-two of them. The filigree trade and the festival keep each other going.
By population, Haladia ranks #23 of 195 villages in Mahanga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Haladia is a village of 1,826 people in 453 households (Census 2011) in Mahanga block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 195 villages in Mahanga block. Literacy is 75%, 3 points below the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754207, served by Nischintakoili post office; the LGD village code is 399520. The sarpanch is RAJENDRA KUMAR SAHOO, and the village votes in Banki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devi Ranjan Tripathy. The population is estimated at 2,153 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Haladia →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haladia · this village | 1,826 | 75% | — |
| Jhadeswarpur · Mahanga | 3,365 | 76% | — |
| Olakana · Mahanga | 1,679 | 81% | — |
| Itamundali · Mahanga | 1,344 | 74% | — |
| Banapur · Mahanga | 917 | 78% | — |
| Laxminarayanpur · Mahanga | 917 | 72% | — |
| Saem · Mahanga | 613 | 82% | — |
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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