Devotees including two women harassed in Odisha's Dhenkanal, video surfaced on social media
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Ichhapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
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, Ichhapur ranks #85 of 110 villages in Bhuban mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ichhapur is a village of 23 people in 6 households (Census 2011) in Bhuban block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 85th-largest of 110 villages in Bhuban block. Literacy is 35%, 35 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,556 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759023, served by Marthapur post office; the LGD village code is 402561. The sarpanch is Subha Snigdha Barik, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 27 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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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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