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Damudibeda 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, Damudibeda ranks #64 of 152 villages in Rairangpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Damudibeda is a village of 621 people in 158 households (Census 2011) in Rairangpur block, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, the 64th-largest of 152 villages in Rairangpur block. Literacy is 61%, 9 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 757043, served by Anladuva post office; the LGD village code is 388219. The population is estimated at 732 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bijatala →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damudibeda · this village | 621 | 61% | — |
| Bijatala · Rairangpur | 1,544 | 52% | — |
| Baghiatangar · Rairangpur | 1,380 | 61% | — |
| Bhalukichua · Rairangpur | 514 | 48% | — |
| Asana · Rairangpur | 465 | 46% | — |
| Jodapokhari · Rairangpur | 445 | 43% | — |
| Dambeda · Rairangpur | 426 | 50% | — |
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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