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Suruguda observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
Suruguda is a village in Lephripara mandal, Sundargarh district, Odisha, with 2,236 residents in 477 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70% and uses PIN code 770012.
By population, Suruguda ranks #6 of 105 villages in Lephripara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Suruguda is a village of 2,236 people in 477 households (Census 2011) in Lephripara block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 6th-largest of 105 villages in Lephripara block. Literacy is 70%, 8 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 857 women per 1,000 men. It lies 196 km from the Sundargarh district centre, 35 km from Sansartali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 770012, served by Lephripara post office; the LGD village code is 383696. The nearest hospital or health centre is Christian Hospital,Bissamcuttack, 32 km away. The sarpanch is CHAPALA KALO, and the village votes in Rairakhol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prasanna Acharya. The population is estimated at 2,636 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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