Devotees including two women harassed in Odisha's Dhenkanal, video surfaced on social media
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Kharachuli 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, Kharachuli ranks #49 of 101 villages in Hindol mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharachuli is a village of 559 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Hindol block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 49th-largest of 101 villages in Hindol block. Literacy is 76%, 9 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759022, served by Hindol post office; the LGD village code is 403144. The sarpanch is SUNIL SWAIN, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 659 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gandanali →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharachuli · this village | 559 | 76% | — |
| Iswarapal · Hindol | 2,042 | 68% | — |
| Gandanali · Rasol | 1,292 | 72% | — |
| Chilataila · Rasol | 784 | 71% | — |
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.
Centred on Hindol mandal
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