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Janla 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, Janla ranks #102 of 179 villages in Brahmagiri mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Janla is a village of 513 people in 123 households (Census 2011) in Brahmagiri block, Puri district, Odisha, the 102nd-largest of 179 villages in Brahmagiri block. Literacy is 85%, 11 points above the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752011, served by Brahmagiri post office; the LGD village code is 409986. The sarpanch is Gitanjali Biswal , and the village votes in Ranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surama Padhy. The population is estimated at 605 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dharanikudi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janla · this village | 513 | 85% | — |
| Dharanikudi · Brahmagiri | 2,286 | 76% | — |
| Khetandi No-2 · Brahmagiri | 266 | 65% | — |
| Chandumal · Brahmagiri | 218 | 69% | — |
| Khetandi No-1 · Brahmagiri | 0 | — | — |
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.
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