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Raipur 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, Raipur ranks #89 of 158 villages in Nuagaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raipur is a village of 219 people in 42 households (Census 2011) in Nuagaon block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 89th-largest of 158 villages in Nuagaon block. Literacy is 79%, 21 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Ganjam district centre, 25 km from Ichchapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761011, served by Nuapada post office; the LGD village code is 412976. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sumandi, 10 km away. The village votes in Digapahandi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sidhant Mohapatra. The population is estimated at 258 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bijaya Laxminarayanpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raipur · this village | 219 | 79% | — |
| Devipur · Nuagaon | 100 | 40% | 0 km N |
| Patrachudi · Nuagaon | 563 | 54% | 1 km SE |
| Jaganathpur · Nuagaon | 0 | — | 1 km SE |
| Jagannathapur · Nuagaon | 750 | 54% | 1 km SE |
| Siripur · Nuagaon | 59 | 59% | 1.5 km S |
| Balarampur · Nuagaon | 88 | 58% | 1.6 km SW |
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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