Door-to-Door Survey ahead of Odisha Panchayat, Municipal Elections 2027
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Padhanajhola 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, Padhanajhola ranks #53 of 76 villages in Sarankul mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Padhanajhola is a village of 253 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Sarankul block, Nayagarh district, Odisha, the 53rd-largest of 76 villages in Sarankul block. Literacy is 62%, 9 points below the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752080, served by Sarankul post office; the LGD village code is 406751. The sarpanch is SUNELI DALABEHERA, and the village votes in G. Udayagiri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prafulla Chandra Pradhan. The population is estimated at 298 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Damasahi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padhanajhola · this village | 253 | 62% | — |
| Damsahi · Ranapur | 3,591 | 65% | — |
| Ladukeswarprasad · Ranapur | 439 | 73% | — |
| Panagaonpalli · Sarankul | 184 | 46% | — |
| Tulbi · Sarankul | 148 | 49% | — |
| Dadhara · Sarankul | 92 | 62% | — |
| Khajuripadasahi · Sarankul | 91 | 59% | — |
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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