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Harakrushnapur 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, Harakrushnapur ranks #12 of 135 villages in Muruda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Harakrushnapur is a village of 1,392 people in 246 households (Census 2011) in Muruda block, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 135 villages in Muruda block. Literacy is 65%, 9 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,388 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 757073, served by Nalagaja post office; the LGD village code is 390062. The population is estimated at 1,641 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Palasmunduli →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harakrushnapur · this village | 1,392 | 65% | — |
| Khuruntia · Muruda | 2,737 | 53% | — |
| Palasmunduli · Muruda | 1,088 | 65% | — |
| Tukpalasia · Muruda | 614 | 72% | — |
| Kanjiamunda · Muruda | 102 | 66% | — |
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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