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Ladiguda 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, Ladiguda ranks #28 of 37 villages in Jodamba mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ladiguda is a village of 66 people in 17 households (Census 2011) in Jodamba block, Malkangiri district, Odisha, the 28th-largest of 37 villages in Jodamba block. Literacy is 8%, 21 points below the block average of 29% and the sex ratio is 1,129 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Malkangiri district centre, 42 km from Darliput railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 764052, served by Chitrakonda post office; the LGD village code is 430821. The nearest hospital or health centre is B.H.E.P Hosp Orkel, 28 km away. The sarpanch is Sri Arjuna Hantal. The population is estimated at 78 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jodamba →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladiguda · this village | 66 | 8% | — |
| Jampurulu · Chitrakonda | 90 | 9% | 1.3 km S |
| Gaudaput · Jodamba | 37 | 3% | 1.4 km W |
| Gaudaput · Khordha | 500 | 79% | 1.4 km W |
| Khajuriguda · Jodamba | 341 | 41% | 1.8 km N |
| Similipadar · Sadar | 79 | 35% | 1.8 km W |
| Kimuduputtu · Munchingi Puttu | 198 | 15% | 2.3 km NE |
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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