Odisha Vigilance Arrests Three Panchayat Officials in Rs 16.76 Lakh Pension Scam in Baleshwar
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Baniha observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Baniha
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Soro mandal is Brahmin Sahi. No temple of this dedication is on record within Baniha itself.
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.
Baniha is a village in Soro mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha, with a population of 77 across 18 households. The village has a literacy rate of 79.2%.
By population, Baniha ranks #311 of 343 villages in Soro mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baniha ഒഡീഷയിലെ ബലസോർ ജില്ല, Soro ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 77 പേർ 18 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Soro ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 343 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 311-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 79%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 73% നേക്കാൾ 6 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 1,026 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് ബലസോർ ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 42 കി.മീ, Begunia റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 24 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 756051, Avana പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 393936. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി SDH, Banki, <1 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് CHAYALATA PANDA; ഗ്രാമം Banki നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Devi Ranjan Tripathy. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 91, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
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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.
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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