Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Matiapada observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
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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.
Matiapada is a village in Similia mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha, with 199 people across 42 households. The village has a high literacy rate of 82.4% and postal code 756134.
By population, Matiapada ranks #174 of 211 villages in Similia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Matiapada ഒഡീഷയിലെ ബലസോർ ജില്ല, Similia ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 199 പേർ 42 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Similia ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 211 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 174-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 82%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 71% നേക്കാൾ 11 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 913 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ബലസോർ ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 99 കി.മീ, Kalupara Ghat റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 2 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 756134, Ada പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 394239. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി jaripada govt. hospital, <1 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് LAXMIDHARA BAL; ഗ്രാമം Daspalla നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Ramesh Chandra Behera. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 235, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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