Odisha: Three girls drown in Sankh river during Karma Puja preparations in Sundargarh
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Luthurkend 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, Luthurkend ranks #59 of 105 villages in Lephripara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Luthurkend is a village of 400 people in 85 households (Census 2011) in Lephripara block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 59th-largest of 105 villages in Lephripara block. Literacy is 48%, 14 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,105 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 770012, served by Lephripara post office; the LGD village code is 383667. The sarpanch is Surendra sa, and the village votes in Rairakhol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanna Acharya. The population is estimated at 472 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dumabahal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luthurkend · this village | 400 | 48% | — |
| Dumabahal · Lephripara | 1,316 | 61% | — |
| Karanjkhol · Lephripara | 791 | 58% | — |
| Mahulpali · Lephripara | 488 | 63% | — |
| Sipukachhar · Lephripara | 369 | 49% | — |
| Beheramal · Lephripara | 200 | 61% | — |
| Gunjakhol · Lephripara | 54 | 52% | — |
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 Lephripara mandal
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