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Remta
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Remta
Remta (India)
Coordinates: 21°12′04″N83°37′10″E / 21.200993°N 83.619457°E / 21.200993; 83.619457
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Odisha
District Bargarh
Elevation(Above MSL) 178 m (584 ft)
Languages
  Official Oriya
  Local Kosli
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration OD
Website odisha.gov.in

Remta is a small village under Barpali block in Bargarh District, Odisha, India.

Odisha State in Eastern India

Odisha is one of the 29 states of India. Located in eastern India, it is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has 485 kilometres (301 mi) of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Ganjam. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state also has the third largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. Odia is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 36.6 million according to the 2016 Census.

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Location

Remta is a village situated 3 km from the block/tehsil headquarters at Barpali, which is the nearest town, and 27km away from Bargarh, the district headquarters of the eponymous district.[ citation needed ]

A tehsil is an administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is an area of land with a city or town that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana, pergunnah and thannah.

Demographics

The total geographical area of village is 562 hectares. Remta has a total population of 2,649 people. There are about 680 houses in Remta village. Barpali is the nearest town to Remta.[ citation needed ] The main occupation of the villagers is cultivation, about 99% of the people are associated with farming. & Some people are in service sector jobs.[ citation needed ]

Remta has a gram panchayat office according to 2009 statistics.[ citation needed ]. Remta Gram panchyat includes Dhirpur and Krushakpalli two near by villages. The village also has a government high school named Government High School, Remta, kalyan mandap, primary veterinary, and a post office in service. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Remta village is 380445.[ citation needed ]

A gram panchayat is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.

The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register(NPR)was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'.

Culture

The village is known for its temples, which include Gopalji Temple at the centre of the village, Lingaraj Temple, Dwarpal Temple, Samleswari Temple, Kalika Devi Temple, Mangala Temple, and Gramadevi Temple.[ citation needed ]

The festival of Nuakhai is celebrated at a great way in this village. The youth association named "Yuva Jyoti Sanskritika Sangha" celebrates Nuakhai Eve as part of their cultural entertainment programme. Durga Puja in Dussera has been celebrated in this village since 2012.[ citation needed ]

Nuakhai or Nuankhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. According to the calendar it is observed on panchami tithi of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This is the most important social festival of Western Odisha and adjoining areas of Simdega in Jharkhand, where Odia culture is much predominant. Its coastal counterpart is Nabanna, observed in Coastal Odisha.

Durga Puja Hindu festival celebrated in the India, Nepal and Bangladesh

Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the goddess Durga. It is particularly popular in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, Bangladesh and the diaspora from this region, and in Nepal where it is called Dashain. The festival is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, typically September or October of the Gregorian calendar, and is a multi-day festival that features elaborate temple and stage decorations (pandals), scripture recitation, performance arts, revelry, and processions. It is a major festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism across India and Shakta Hindu diaspora.

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