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Mandar observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Keshiary mandal is Ram Sita temple of Pati family. No temple of this dedication is on record within Mandar 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, Mandar ranks #60 of 220 villages in Keshiary mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mandar is a village of 805 people in 180 households (Census 2011) in Keshiary block, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, the 60th-largest of 220 villages in Keshiary block. Literacy is 74%, 6 points above the block average of 68% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 721133, served by Keshiary post office; the LGD village code is 343522. The sarpanch is SUNITA SING, and the village votes in Keshiary assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhadra Hemram. The population is estimated at 949 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Santrapur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandar · this village | 805 | 74% | — |
| Santra Pur · Keshiary | 3,605 | 64% | — |
| Khejur Kuthi · Keshiary | 2,185 | 57% | — |
| Singai Jamona · Keshiary | 1,719 | 75% | — |
| Kulasini · Keshiary | 1,603 | 65% | — |
| Gobra Gerya · Keshiary | 1,177 | 59% | — |
| Ban Deuli · Keshiary | 1,024 | 70% | — |
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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