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Kutripali 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, Kutripali ranks #41 of 75 villages in Lakhanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kutripali is a village of 691 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Lakhanpur block, Jharsuguda district, Odisha, the 41st-largest of 75 villages in Lakhanpur block. Literacy is 71%, 2 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 952 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 768234, served by Itps Banaharpali post office; the LGD village code is 381031. The sarpanch is NANDINI SAHU, and the village votes in Sonepur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Pujari. The population is estimated at 815 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sunari →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kutripali · this village | 691 | 71% | — |
| Sunari · Lakhanpur | 1,247 | 67% | — |
| Beheramal · Lakhanpur | 830 | 67% | — |
| Barihapali · Lakhanpur | 736 | 53% | — |
| Patrapali · Lakhanpur | 328 | 70% | — |
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.
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