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Keutasalada observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Nimapada mandal is Upper Bagh Devi Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Keutasalada itself.
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, Keutasalada ranks #144 of 241 villages in Nimapada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keutasalada is a village of 433 people in 103 households (Census 2011) in Nimapada block, Puri district, Odisha, the 144th-largest of 241 villages in Nimapada block. Literacy is 82%, 5 points above the block average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,102 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 752110, served by Gop post office; the LGD village code is 409010. The sarpanch is AJAY KUMAR PARIDA, and the village votes in Bhanjanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradyumna Kumar Nayak. The population is estimated at 511 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chhanijanga →
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.
Centred on Nimapada mandal
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