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Sanatanpur observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Khunta mandal is Jagannath Temple, Banarpal. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sanatanpur 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, Sanatanpur ranks #177 of 230 villages in Khunta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sanatanpur is a village of 230 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Khunta block, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, the 177th-largest of 230 villages in Khunta block. Literacy is 56%, 2 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 757019, served by Khunta post office; the LGD village code is 390806. The sarpanch is JAYPAL MARNDI, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 271 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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