Odisha: 70-year-old woman rescued after 12 hours of being swept into Brahmani River
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Pankalsahi 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, Pankalsahi ranks #186 of 301 villages in Dasapalla mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pankalsahi is a village of 73 people in 23 households (Census 2011) in Dasapalla block, Nayagarh district, Odisha, the 186th-largest of 301 villages in Dasapalla block. Literacy is 64%, 2 points below the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 825 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752084, served by Daspalla post office; the LGD village code is 405581. The sarpanch is DASARATHI NAIK, and the village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 86 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Tendabadi →
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.
Centred on Dasapalla mandal
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