Kharda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Kharda ranks #23 of 271 villages in Bhograi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharda is a village of 1,993 people in 455 households (Census 2011) in Bhograi block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 271 villages in Bhograi block. Literacy is 61%, 14 points below the block average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 756035, served by Kamarda post office; the LGD village code is 391834. The sarpanch is DEBIRANI PRADHAN, and the village votes in Dhenkanal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krushna Chandra Patra. The population is estimated at 9,931 in 2026, up 398% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kosabakamarda →
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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