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Krishnanagar observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Khandaghosh mandal is Shyamsundar Thakurbari. No temple of this dedication is on record within Krishnanagar 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, Krishnanagar ranks #48 of 111 villages in Khandaghosh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Krishnanagar is a village of 1,367 people in 314 households (Census 2011) in Khandaghosh block, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, the 48th-largest of 111 villages in Khandaghosh block. Literacy is 63%, 6 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 713424, served by Shyamsundar post office; the LGD village code is 320897. The sarpanch is CHANDANA ROY, and the village votes in Khandaghosh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nabin Chandra Bag. The population is estimated at 1,612 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shankari-Ii →
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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