Odisha: 70-year-old woman rescued after 12 hours of being swept into Brahmani River
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Nuhamalia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Sainkul mandal is shree ram temple fategarh. No temple of this dedication is on record within Nuhamalia 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, Nuhamalia ranks #9 of 55 villages in Sainkul mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nuhamalia is a village of 1,134 people in 178 households (Census 2011) in Sainkul block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 55 villages in Sainkul block. Literacy is 50%, 21 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 1,077 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 758043, served by Sainkul post office; the LGD village code is 387319. The village votes in Begunia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradip Kumar Sahu S/O Laxmidhar Sahu. The population is estimated at 1,337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ganpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuhamalia · this village | 1,134 | 50% | — |
| Angarua · Sainkul | 1,613 | 76% | — |
| Baranga · Sainkul | 1,491 | 50% | — |
| Karadapal · Ghasipura | 1,175 | 84% | — |
| Kolipal · Sainkul | 605 | 66% | — |
| Beguniadihi · Ghasipura | 542 | 65% | — |
| Katenikantal · Sainkul | 357 | 67% | — |
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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