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Kalasandhapur 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 Kalasandhapur 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, Kalasandhapur ranks #67 of 256 villages in Patapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kalasandhapur is a village of 585 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Patapur block, Ganjam district, Odisha, the 67th-largest of 256 villages in Patapur block. Literacy is 74%, 22 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 840 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Ganjam district centre, 36 km from Brahmapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 761013, served by Pattapur post office; the LGD village code is 412447. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena. The population is estimated at 690 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalasandhapur · this village | 585 | 74% | — |
| Kalasandhapur · Asika | 3,047 | 71% | 0 km N |
| Pataliguda · Asika | 671 | 71% | 1.3 km S |
| Baragan · Belaghar | 218 | 8% | 1.5 km E |
| Baragan · Muniguda | — | — | 1.5 km E |
| Baragan · Asika | 5,529 | 69% | 1.5 km E |
| Nalabanta · Asika | 3,129 | 71% | 2.3 km S |
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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