Odisha: Three girls drown in Sankh river during Karma Puja preparations in Sundargarh
Reported by The New Indian Express.
Patamunda 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, Patamunda ranks #14 of 24 villages in Mahulapada mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Patamunda is a village of 358 people in 88 households (Census 2011) in Mahulapada block, Sundargarh district, Odisha, the 14th-largest of 24 villages in Mahulapada block. Literacy is 14%, 26 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 845 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 770044, served by Khuntgaon post office; the LGD village code is 385218. The sarpanch is RAIBARI MUNDA, and the village votes in Kamakhyanagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Satrughan Jena. The population is estimated at 422 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Fuljhar →
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.
Centred on Mahulapada mandal
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