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Sarusole 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, Sarusole ranks #50 of 157 villages in Betanati mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sarusole is a village of 745 people in 162 households (Census 2011) in Betanati block, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, the 50th-largest of 157 villages in Betanati block. Literacy is 47%, 10 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 757025, served by Betnoti post office; the LGD village code is 390468. The village votes in Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satrughan Jena. The population is estimated at 878 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.
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