Sailo Jharapada is a small village situated beside the river Devi (Kathajodi), a branch of the river Mahanadi. It is in the Kantapada block of Cuttack district, Odisha, India. Name of the village is Jharapada, SAILO is the name of the pragana used as a prefix to identify the village from other places with same name. PIN code is 754003. Besides the river Devi Kakatapur Branch canal also flows on eastern side of the village by the side of the river. The village is under NIALI assembly constituency under Jagatsinghpur parliamentary constituency.
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Freedom Fighters
This village had multiple members who participated in India's Independence Movement.
- Ramachandra Mohapatra
- Sarbani Narayan Sengupta
- Baishnaba Charan Senapati
- Shyamananda Mohapatra
- Padmacharan Mohapatra
From nearby village
- Bibhuti bhusan Acharya - Brahman Sailo
- Ishwar Chandra Pradhan - Waubarai
- Bauribandhu Patra - Majurai
- Ghanashyam Pati - Govindpur
- Muralidhar Kanungo - Uttaran
- Haramani Kanungo - Uttaran
- Kanduri Charan Mallik - Alingi
- Bijayram Chaoudhury - Patasundarpur.
- Balaram Choudhury - Patasundarpur
Religion
The only and major religion of this village is Hindu. This village has signs of various rulers of Odisha, who have followed Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti. Accordingly, the village has various temples created in different centuries
Temples
- Bhogeshwar This is the oldest temple in the village. The temple was initially constructed in 18th century.
- Laxmi Narayan New idol installed in May 2013.
- Jagannath This temple was built by Rabi Narayan Mohapatra. He also started Rathayatra in 2015 with co-operation of the devotees.
- Budhi Thakurani
- Akhandalamani
- Hanuman
Festivals
Dasahara is a major festival. Other festivals include Ganesh Chaturthi, Kali Puja, Kartika Puja, Jagannath rathayatra was held for the first time in July-2015.
Schools
The village has old educational institutions in the area. A primary school started functioning in the year 1904. In 1941 ME School was established. High school was established in the year 1956.
Bank
Canara Bank has opened a branch in the village. IFS Code is CNRB0004972. Branch ID 004972
How to reach
There is a place Nakhara on NH-5 in between Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack. From Nakhara go on Niali road 14 km you reach Bagalpur . From here take left turn after 7 km you reach Jharapada. Distance from Cuttack or Bhubaneshwar is 33 km. One can approach the village from Jagatsinghpur via 22 mouza. Distance from Jagatsinghpur is 26 km. A bridge is constructed over the river Devi to connect with Jagatsinghpur district.