Gandarpur is a village located in the northern part of the district of
Khordha
Khordha is a town and a municipality area in Khordha district in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhubaneswar, is the capital of Odisha located within the Khordha district and is only 25 km from Khordha town. Odisha State Highway 1 and Nationa ...
in the Indian
state
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Odisha
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In 2011, the population was 3,109 persons in 606 households.
Geography
The village is situated on the west bank of
Kuakhai River
Kuakhai River is a distributary of Mahanadi River which flows by Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Mahanadi River branches off at Naraj, Cuttack as Kathajodi River, then immediately it is bifurcated, with its southern branch flowing as Kuakhai River. The Kush ...
.Village West side
New Bhubaneswar Railway Station
Government
An elected
sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
administrates the village.
Culture
Khandayat
Khandayat or Khandait is a landed militia caste from Odisha, East india. They were feudal chiefs, military generals, zamindars, large land holders and agriculturalists. During British raj, they ruled many tributary states in Odisha. They are lar ...
cast people are there living
Raja (festival)
Raja Parba (, ), also known as ''Mithuna Sankranti'', is a three-day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha, India. The second day of the festival signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.
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Durga poja ଏଠାରେ ଧୁୁୁମ ଧାମ ରେ ପାଳନ କରାଯାଏ।
Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja () is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and the supreme goddess of Vaishnavism. The occasion is celebrated on the amavasya (new moon day) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashwa ...
ମାଣ ବସା ଗୁରୁବାର
Kartikeya
Kartikeya ( sa, कार्त्तिकेय, Kārttikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha (), and Murugan ( ta, முருகன்), is the Hindu god of war. He is the son of Parvati and Shiva, the brother of Ganesha ...
puja
Durga Puja
Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...
ବଡ଼ ଓଷା ପାଳନ କରାଯାଏ ।
Temples
* Maa Mangala, Dula Dei, Durga Temple
* Laxmi Narayan Temple
* Nitai Gouri Temple
* Maa Jhamu Mangala Temple
* Maa Kateni Mangala Temple
* Maa Mangala Temple
* Sai Samantha Temple
Sports
* Shastiji Club
* Shine Star Club
* United youth sports club
* Kalinga Yuva Bikash Parishad
Schools
• Sri Aurobinda Bidyapitha Gandarpur
* Bhagat Ghara (ଅଖାଡା ଘର)
* Gandarpur primary school
* Saraswati sishu bidya mandira
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References
External links
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Villages in Khordha district
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