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Tilesara 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, Tilesara ranks #50 of 196 villages in Tarbha mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tilesara is a village of 623 people in 145 households (Census 2011) in Tarbha block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 50th-largest of 196 villages in Tarbha block. Literacy is 48%, 11 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 882 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767016, served by Tarbha post office; the LGD village code is 419648. The sarpanch is SADA PATRA, and the village votes in Titlagarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Kumar Jain. The population is estimated at 735 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jarajaring →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilesara · this village | 623 | 48% | — |
| Jarajaring · Tarbha | 1,062 | 57% | — |
| Rangpur · Tarbha | 498 | 68% | — |
| Fakiramunda · Tarbha | 277 | 56% | — |
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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