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Aligan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Aligan
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Similiguda mandal is Sri Gangamaa Budhi Thakurani Temple Kodigaon. No temple of this dedication is on record within Aligan 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.
Aligan is a village in Similiguda mandal, Koraput district, Odisha, with a population of 2,745 across 728 households. The village has a literacy rate of 34.6% and is located at 18.687°N, 82.820°E.
By population, Aligan ranks #1 of 55 villages in Similiguda mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Aligan ஒடிசா, கோராபுட் மாவட்டம், Similiguda வட்டாரம்ல் 2,745 பேர் 728 குடும்பங்களில் (2011 கணக்கெடுப்பு) வாழும் கிராமம், Similiguda வட்டாரம்ன் 55 கிராமங்களில் மிகப்பெரியது. கல்வியறிவு 35%, வட்டாரம் சராசரி 34%க்கு ஏறக்குறைய சமம் மற்றும் பாலின விகிதம் 1,000 ஆண்களுக்கு 1,067 பெண்கள். இது கோராபுட் மாவட்டத் தலைமையகத்திலிருந்து 18 கி.மீ, அருகிலுள்ள நகரம் Ramabhadrapuramலிருந்து 53 கி.மீ, Damanjodi ரயில் நிலையத்திலிருந்து 10 கி.மீ அமைந்துள்ளது (நேர்கோட்டு தூரம்). அஞ்சல் குறியீடு 764036, Semiliguda அஞ்சலகத்தின் கீழ்; LGD கிராமக் குறியீடு 429968. அருகிலுள்ள மருத்துவமனை New Apollo Medical Store, 4 கி.மீ தொலைவில். ஊராட்சித் தலைவர் PADMINI ALATIA; கிராமம் Pottangi சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதியில் உள்ளது, எம்எல்ஏ Rama Chandra Kadam. 2026ல் மக்கள்தொகை 3,236 என மதிப்பிடப்படுகிறது, 2011ஐ விட 18% அதிகம்.
கிராம பஞ்சாயத்து: Pakjhola →
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.
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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