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Oranda observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Temples near Oranda
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Nihalprasad mandal is Sambhugopal Math. No temple of this dedication is on record within Oranda 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.
By population, Oranda ranks #27 of 35 villages in Nihalprasad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Oranda ఒరిస్సాలోని డెంకనల్ జిల్లా, Nihalprasad బ్లాక్లో 295 జనాభా 61 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Nihalprasad బ్లాక్లోని 35 గ్రామాలలో 27వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 59%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 68% కంటే 9 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 903 మహిళలు. ఇది డెంకనల్ జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 66 కి.మీ, Machapur Junction రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 4 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 759016, Gondiapatna పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 402828. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Pratinidhi ENT & Physio Clinic, 7 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ OMPRAKASH DASH; గ్రామం Dhenkanal అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Krushna Chandra Patra. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 348, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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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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