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Bageiju

Raikia mandal
Pincode 762021
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Dussehra (Vijayadashami)दशहरा

Bageiju observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.

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Dussehra (Vijayadashami) in 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.

Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
LS
Kandhamal
PC 13
→VS
G. Udayagiri
AC 083 · ST
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BANITA MALLICK
Contact: 94****3117
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LGD code
417619
Pincode
762021
Post office
Bamunigaon (Kandhamal)
Population
144
Households
35
Literacy rate
50.7%
Sex ratio
895 ♀/1000♂
Workers
83
Census 2011 · in context

How Bageiju compares

By population, Bageiju ranks #99 of 151 villages in Raikia mandal.

Literacy rate
%
50.7%
−7.8% vs mandal average
Bageiju50.7%
Raikia mandal58.5%
Kandhamal district54.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
895
−154 vs mandal average
Bageiju895
Raikia mandal1,049
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
Bageiju4.1
Raikia mandal4.2

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Bageiju at a glance

Bageiju is a village of 144 people in 35 households (Census 2011) in Raikia block, Kandhamal district, Odisha, the 99th-largest of 151 villages in Raikia block. Literacy is 51%, 8 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 895 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 762021, served by Bamunigaon (Kandhamal) post office; the LGD village code is 417619. The sarpanch is BANITA MALLICK, and the village votes in G. Udayagiri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prafulla Chandra Pradhan. The population is estimated at 170 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bageiju

Treated tap water
No
Untreated tap water
No
Well water
No
Hand pump
Yes
Tube well / borewell
Yes
Electricity for homes
Yes
Electricity for farms
No
Power hours (summer)
16
Power hours (winter)
18
Primary school
1
Middle school
0
Secondary school
0
Senior secondary
0
Degree college
0
Primary health centre
0
Health sub-centre
0
Community health centre
0
Dispensary
0
Veterinary hospital
0
Post office
No
Sub post office
No
Commercial bank
No
Cooperative bank
No
ATM
No
Public bus service
No
Private bus service
No
Railway station
No
Pucca (paved) road
Yes
Anganwadi centre
Yes
ASHA worker
Yes
Fair-price shop
No
Mandi / regular market
No
Weekly haat
No
Nearest statutory town
BHANJANAGAR
Distance to nearest town (km)
29
Distance to district HQ (km)
116
Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
40
All-weather road
No
Gram panchayat (2011)
Bada Indraguda
Total area (ha)
152
Irrigated area (ha)
0
Forest area (ha)
104.33

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

Notice board · Bageiju

No notices this week

Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.

Key facts — Bageiju

LGD code
417619
Pincode
762021
Post office
Bamunigaon (Kandhamal)
Population (Census 2011)
144
Population (projected 2026)
170
Households
35
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
895
Literacy rate
50.7%
Lok Sabha constituency
Kandhamal
Vidhan Sabha constituency
G. Udayagiri
Member of Parliament
Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
Member of Legislative Assembly
Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
BANITA MALLICK
Block / Mandal
Raikia
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
  • Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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