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Belagada observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Patapur mandal is Balinkaswara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Belagada 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, Belagada ranks #87 of 256 villages in Patapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belagada is a village of 404 people in 80 households (Census 2011) in Patapur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 87th-largest of 256 villages in Patapur block. Literacy is 29%, 23 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,093 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 761014, served by Pudamari post office; the LGD village code is 412353. The village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena. The population is estimated at 476 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Taptapani Govindapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belagada · this village | 404 | 29% | — |
| Dasaipur · Patapur | 1,306 | 43% | — |
| Katapalli · Patapur | 884 | 32% | — |
| Khemundikhola · Patapur | 469 | 40% | — |
| Gobindapur · Patapur | 430 | 60% | — |
| Dhimiripalli · Patapur | 427 | 18% | — |
| Kaliburai · Patapur | 400 | 37% | — |
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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