5 Doctors In The Making: This Poor Tribal Family From Kandhamal Village In Odisha Has All Children Studying Medicine
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Kabar 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, Kabar ranks #83 of 198 villages in Khajuripada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kabar is a village of 176 people in 46 households (Census 2011) in Khajuripada block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 83rd-largest of 198 villages in Khajuripada block. Literacy is 54%, 9 points below the block average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,071 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 762029, served by Gumagarh post office; the LGD village code is 415689. The village votes in G. Udayagiri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prafulla Chandra Pradhan. The population is estimated at 208 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Adasipada →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabar · this village | 176 | 54% | — |
| Adasipada · Khajuripada | 482 | 53% | — |
| Ghodapathar · Khajuripada | 469 | 60% | — |
| Badabhuin · Khajuripada | 392 | 64% | — |
| Malikapada · Khajuripada | 329 | 62% | — |
| Bidukhol · Khajuripada | 298 | 56% | — |
| Padhanpada · Khajuripada | 294 | 64% | — |
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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