Odisha: 70-year-old woman rescued after 12 hours of being swept into Brahmani River
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Balasingh observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Bolagad mandal is Jagannath Temple, Nayagarh. No temple of this dedication is on record within Balasingh 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, Balasingh ranks #139 of 182 villages in Bolagad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balasingh is a village of 213 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Bolagad block, Khordha district, Odisha, the 139th-largest of 182 villages in Bolagad block. Literacy is 77%, 2 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 954 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752066, served by Bolagarh post office; the LGD village code is 406978. The sarpanch is RAMAMANI DEI, and the village votes in Nayagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aruna Kumar Sahoo. The population is estimated at 251 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sagaragaon →
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.
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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