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Banachakulia observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Ghatgaon mandal is Jaleshwar Mahadev Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Banachakulia 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, Banachakulia ranks #63 of 140 villages in Ghatgaon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banachakulia is a village of 783 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Ghatgaon block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 63rd-largest of 140 villages in Ghatgaon block. Literacy is 43%, 14 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 758027, served by Ghatagaon post office; the LGD village code is 386690. The sarpanch is Annapurna Dehury, and the village votes in Baramba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera. The population is estimated at 923 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mukundapurpatna →
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 Ghatgaon mandal
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