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Baldapali 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, Baldapali ranks #71 of 115 villages in Sonapur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baldapali is a village of 301 people in 76 households (Census 2011) in Sonapur block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 71st-largest of 115 villages in Sonapur block. Literacy is 63%, about the same as the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767017, served by Sonepur (Sonapur) post office; the LGD village code is 419598. The sarpanch is DAMAYANTI BARIK, and the village votes in Kantamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kanhai Charan Danga. The population is estimated at 355 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Janmura →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldapali · this village | 301 | 63% | — |
| Janmura · Sonapur | 1,018 | 51% | — |
| Pipilipali · Sonapur | 516 | 68% | — |
| Haladipali · Sonapur | 473 | 69% | — |
| Badajhinki · Sonapur | 471 | 55% | — |
| Gatarkela · Sonapur | 413 | 40% | — |
| Sanjhinki · Sonapur | 322 | 60% | — |
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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