Alara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Alara
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Alara is a village in Narasinghpur mandal, Cuttack district, Odisha, with a population of 1,349 across 300 households. It has a literacy rate of 80.2% and PIN code 754032.
By population, Alara ranks #32 of 209 villages in Narasinghpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alara is a village of 1,349 people in 300 households (Census 2011) in Narasinghpur block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 32nd-largest of 209 villages in Narasinghpur block. Literacy is 80%, 13 points above the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Cuttack district centre, 27 km from Nuagaon railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754032, served by Narasinghpur post office; the LGD village code is 398581. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 3 km away. The sarpanch is PRAMODINI NAYAK, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 1,590 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Alara →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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