Odisha: Three girls drown in Sankh river during Karma Puja preparations in Sundargarh
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Amgobha 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, Amgobha ranks #12 of 46 villages in Kutra mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Amgobha is a village of 1,779 people in 370 households (Census 2011) in Kutra block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 46 villages in Kutra block. Literacy is 57%, 2 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 770018, served by Kutra post office; the LGD village code is 384151. The sarpanch is ASWINI MAJHI. The population is estimated at 2,097 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Amgova →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amgobha · this village | 1,779 | 57% | — |
| Jauramunda · Kutra | 1,616 | 60% | — |
| Samlaimunda · Rajagangapur | 1,291 | 65% | — |
| Kahapani · Kutra | 1,094 | 66% | — |
| Elga · Kutra | 1,044 | 58% | — |
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 Kutra mandal
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