Khalana is a village in Kendujhar district in the Indian state of Odisha.
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![]() Khalana Tarini Sala | |
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Coordinates: 21.10629°N 86.08118°E / 21.10629; 86.08118 | |
Country | ![]() |
States | Odisha |
District | Kendujhar |
Subdivision | Anandapur |
Block | Ghasipura |
Police station | Ramachandrapur |
Gram panchayat | Khalana |
Government | |
• Type | Panchayati raj |
• Body | Gram panchayat |
• Sarpanch | Jyotshanrani Majhi (BJD) |
• Samit Sabhya | Nalini Jena (BJD) |
Elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 8,500 |
Demonym | Khalania |
Languages | |
• official | Odia |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 758043 |
Vehicle registration | OD-09 |
It is situated 3 kilometres from NH 20 and 12 kilometres from Anandapur and 95 kilometres from Kendujhar.[1][2] Khalana is a panchayat village within Ghasipura Block of Anandapur Subdivision.
Nearby villages are Sainkul, Agarda Lunahara, Nuagaon and Suanpada.
The primary occupation is agriculture. Business is the fastest growing area. Younger people are migrating to find better jobs. A few provide government services as teachers, chartered accountants and scientists.
Khalana Village is administrated by Khalana Gram panchayat. Khalana gram panchayat includes two villages; Agarda and Khalana Khalana Village has been divided into some Sahi's They are
Khalana Village has two primary schools and one high school to improve its education. The schools are
Pana Sankranti (ପଣା ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି) is the major local festival of the village and among other things, this festival is famous for chaiti parba (ଚଇତି ପର୍ବ).
Other local festivals include: Raja, Holi, Ratha-Yatra, Rama Nabami Janmastami, Lakshmi Puja, Nila Madhab and Narayan Medha.
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