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Phagunsenary 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.
Phagunsenary is a village in Kotiya mandal, Koraput district, Odisha. It has a population of 277 persons across 71 households, with a literacy rate of 19.5%. The village is located at coordinates 18.694°N, 83.101°E and has PIN code 764039.
By population, Phagunsenary ranks #9 of 23 villages in Kotiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Phagunsenary is a village of 277 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Kotiya block, Koraput district, Odisha, the 9th-largest of 23 villages in Kotiya block. Literacy is 20%, about the same as the block average of 19% and the sex ratio is 1,198 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Koraput district centre, 29 km from Ramabhadrapuram, the nearest town, 21 km from Baiguda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764039, served by Pottangi post office; the LGD village code is 430104. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sri Rama Nursing Home, 18 km away. The village votes in Pottangi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Chandra Kadam. The population is estimated at 327 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phagunsenary · this village | 277 | 20% | — |
| Pagulachennuru · Salur | 260 | 10% | 0 km SE |
| Solipiguda · Salur | 288 | 18% | 0.9 km SE |
| Chora · Salur | 275 | 0% | 1.7 km NE |
| Harmandangi · Kotiya | 203 | 3% | 1.6 km E |
| Pattuchennuru · Salur | 164 | 6% | 1.9 km E |
| Doliyamba · Salur | 217 | 28% | 1.9 km W |
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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