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Odgaon observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
Temples near Odgaon
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Barnigad mandal is Nagthat. No temple of this dedication is on record within Odgaon itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Odgaon is a village in Barnigad mandal, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, with a population of 193 in 26 households. The literacy rate is 57.5%.
By population, Odgaon ranks #42 of 64 villages in Barnigad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Odgaon is a village of 193 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Barnigad tehsil, Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand, the 42nd-largest of 64 villages in Barnigad tehsil. Literacy is 58%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,193 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Uttar Kashi district centre, 39 km from Dehradun railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 249171, served by Naugaon post office; the LGD village code is 40447. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Nainbagh, 15 km away. The village votes in Purola assembly constituency, represented by MLA Durgeshwar Lal. The population is estimated at 228 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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