Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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Mardarajpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Jarada mandal is Maa BeheraPatra Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mardarajpur 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, Mardarajpur ranks #135 of 245 villages in Jarada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mardarajpur is a village of 149 people in 31 households (Census 2011) in Jarada block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 135th-largest of 245 villages in Jarada block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 961 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Ganjam district centre, 12 km from Jhadupudi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761004, served by Patrapur post office; the LGD village code is 413201. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sri Sathya Sai Nursing Home, Ganjam, 5 km away. The village votes in Mohana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dasarathi Gomanga. The population is estimated at 176 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mardarajpur · this village | 149 | 56% | — |
| Mardarajpur · Krushna Prasad | 233 | 66% | 0 km N |
| Mardarajpur · Balugaon | 51 | 75% | 0 km N |
| Mardarajpur · Nilagiri | 647 | 64% | 0 km N |
| Mardarajpur · Baleshwar Sadar | 202 | 86% | 0 km N |
| Mardarajpur · Jarada | 21 | 62% | 0 km N |
| Mardarajpur · Nilagiri | 501 | 63% | 0 km N |
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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