Odisha: Three girls drown in Sankh river during Karma Puja preparations in Sundargarh
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Jabaghat observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
The principal temple recorded for Bondamunda mandal is Jagganath Temple, Goshala. No temple of this dedication is on record within Jabaghat 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, Jabaghat ranks #2 of 7 villages in Bondamunda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Jabaghat is a village of 1,306 people in 309 households (Census 2011) in Bondamunda block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 2nd-largest of 7 villages in Bondamunda block. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 967 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 769042, served by Jhirpani post office; the LGD village code is 384552. The sarpanch is BEDANA ORAM, and the village votes in Attabira assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nihar Ranjan Mahanand. The population is estimated at 1,540 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jamsera →
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 Bondamunda mandal
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