Door-to-Door Survey ahead of Odisha Panchayat, Municipal Elections 2027
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Jagapur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Jagapur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Golanthara mandal is BalaKumari Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Jagapur 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.
By population, Jagapur ranks #32 of 90 villages in Golanthara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jagapur is a village of 1,661 people in 359 households (Census 2011) in Golanthara block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 32nd-largest of 90 villages in Golanthara block. Literacy is 52%, 3 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. It lies 46 km from the Ganjam district centre, 2 km from Surla Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761009, served by Girisola post office; the LGD village code is 412716. The nearest hospital or health centre is Suresh Hospital, 1 km away. The village votes in Chikiti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manoranjan Dyan Samantara. The population is estimated at 1,958 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jhatipadar →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jagapur · this village | 1,661 | 52% | — |
| Jagapur · Dasapalla | 686 | 74% | 0 km N |
| Jhatipadar · Golanthara | 2,429 | 37% | 1.6 km SE |
| Girisola · Bhanjanagar | 1,775 | 68% | 1.8 km W |
| Girisola · Golanthara | 3,559 | 62% | 1.8 km W |
| Jaganathapur · Chhatrapur | 155 | 81% | 2.8 km NW |
| Jaganathapur · Patana | 445 | 48% | 2.8 km NW |
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.
6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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