Jurka observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Jurka ranks #31 of 173 villages in Suliapada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jurka is a village of 817 people in 213 households (Census 2011) in Suliapada block, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, the 31st-largest of 173 villages in Suliapada block. Literacy is 63%, 5 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 757084, served by Kostha post office; the LGD village code is 389894. The sarpanch is Sumitra Das, and the village votes in Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satrughan Jena. The population is estimated at 963 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kostha →
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.
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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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