Athantara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Athantara ranks #27 of 132 villages in Niali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Athantara is a village of 1,740 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Niali block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 27th-largest of 132 villages in Niali block. Literacy is 72%, 4 points below the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754004, served by Niali post office; the LGD village code is 400341. The sarpanch is BIJAYARAM PANDA, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 2,051 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baharana →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athantara · this village | 1,740 | 72% | — |
| Baharana · Niali | 2,852 | 80% | — |
| Barimundei · Niali | 1,298 | 87% | — |
| Bagalgarh · Niali | 904 | 77% | — |
| Lekhanpur · Niali | 261 | 83% | — |
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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