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Mangarajpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Dharmasala mandal is Gobind Jiu Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mangarajpur 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, Mangarajpur ranks #93 of 277 villages in Dharmasala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mangarajpur is a village of 662 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Dharmasala block, Jajapur district, Odisha, the 93rd-largest of 277 villages in Dharmasala block. Literacy is 68%, 3 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,012 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 755008, served by Dharmasala post office; the LGD village code is 401250. The sarpanch is Snehanjali Gantayat, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 780 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Abhayapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangarajpur · this village | 662 | 68% | — |
| Achhutapur · Dharmasala | 1,285 | 79% | — |
| Abhayapur · Dharmasala | 1,149 | 67% | — |
| Niladeipur · Dharmasala | 706 | 77% | — |
| Sebatipur · Dharmasala | 587 | 69% | — |
| Digambarpur · Dharmasala | 413 | 78% | — |
| Ratanpur · Dharmasala | 401 | 75% | — |
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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