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Hatakata 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, Hatakata ranks #64 of 178 villages in Khandapada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hatakata is a village of 490 people in 112 households (Census 2011) in Khandapada block, Nayagarh district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 178 villages in Khandapada block. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752063, served by Bhapur (Nayagarh) post office; the LGD village code is 406213. The sarpanch is CHITARANJAN PRADHAN, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 578 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jagannathprasad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatakata · this village | 490 | 76% | — |
| Jaganathaprasad · Fategarh | 1,425 | 77% | — |
| Mahulapada · Khandapada | 865 | 74% | — |
| Kuahara · Khandapada | 651 | 81% | — |
| Kaduapada No-2 · Fategarh | 615 | 75% | — |
| Darda · Khandapada | 467 | 75% | — |
| Kaduapadapatana · Khandapada | 397 | 81% | — |
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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