Odisha: 70-year-old woman rescued after 12 hours of being swept into Brahmani River
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Chitikabari observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
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, Chitikabari ranks #158 of 232 villages in Harbhanga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chitikabari is a village of 82 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Harbhanga block, Boudh district, Odisha, the 158th-largest of 232 villages in Harbhanga block. Literacy is 40%, 24 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 745 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 762020, served by Harabhanga post office; the LGD village code is 418818. The village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 97 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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.
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.
Centred on Harbhanga mandal
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